About half of Jones Valley’s working residents commute to Redding
Only 1% work in Jones Valley itself; outside it, Redding draws the most (46%, 11 miles). Jones Valley grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 2% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jones Valley and work: the main findings
Nearly half of Jones Valley works in Redding
152 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Redding, 11 miles away. That’s 46 times as many as work in Jones Valley itself. The commute map ↓
Jones Valley is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Jones Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jones Valley has about 850 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Jones Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Jones Valley’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Jones Valley is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jones Valley’s grade up (7.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (9.9%) is left out: Jones Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jones Valley could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where Jones Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Jones Valley clocks in
46% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who commutes out of Jones Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Jones Valley on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Jones Valley takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jones Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 398 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jones Valley makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
52 jobs are based in Jones Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jones Valley, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 52. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jones Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Jones Valley
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Jones Valley: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jones Valley is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 407 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Jones Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Jones Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jones Valley places 1,685th of 3,771 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,683 | Schuylkill Township PA | 1,079 | $72K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,684 | Overfield Township PA | 1,429 | $65K | 10.0% | 7.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,685 | Jones Valley CA | 1,122 | $82K | 7.8% | 9.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,686 | Lyndon KS | 1,032 | $67K | 8.8% | 0.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,687 | Sand Prairie Township IL | 1,248 | $68K | 11.2% | 0.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Jones Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Jones Valley compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jones Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Valley | – | C+ | B− | 42 min | $82,083 |
| Bella Vista | 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $90,566 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bella Vista. Darker towns draw more of Jones Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Jones Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Jones Valley?
$82,083 (±$28,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jones Valley?
7.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jones Valley?
42 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jones Valley work?
1% work in town.
Is Jones Valley walkable?
Jones Valley is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jones Valley without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jones Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jones Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.