Unemployment in Kennedy (4.9%) is higher than in 60% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 3.9 in Stockton. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; California has 17%. Household incomes here are lower than in 58% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Kennedy stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
77% of the jobs in Kennedy are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Kennedy and Stockton trade workers both ways
Stockton is the top workplace for Kennedy residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Kennedy come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Kennedy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 107 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 979 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Kennedy: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kennedy is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #502 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Kennedy’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kennedy could be anywhere from C to A.
84% of the jobs in Kennedy pay over $3,333 a month
1,204 jobs are based in Kennedy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kennedy, 2013 → 2023: 702 → 1,204. 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 Kennedy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
28% of working residents work in Stockton
Where Kennedy clocks in
28% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 43 minutes from Kennedy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kennedy workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,015 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who leaves Kennedy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 972 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 1,197 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Kennedy commutes less than 15 miles
About 28% 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.
Kennedy is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kennedy is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #353 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,083 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 2.7% of Kennedy households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kennedy’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Kennedy is 2,261st of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,259 | Douglass Township KS | 1,961 | $83K | 11.7% | 5.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,260 | Jefferson Township PA | 1,920 | $75K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,261 | Kennedy CA | 2,576 | $70K | 12.0% | 4.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,262 | Silver Lake FL | 2,350 | $79K | 5.1% | 7.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,263 | Garyville LA | 2,119 | $88K | 18.6% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Kennedy, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Kennedy’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Stockton. Darker towns draw more of Kennedy’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 Kennedy: questions
What is the median household income in Kennedy?
$70,213 (±$7,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kennedy?
12.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kennedy?
43 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kennedy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (28%, 5 mi), Tracy (6%, 18 mi), Lathrop (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kennedy walkable?
Kennedy is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kennedy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kennedy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kennedy
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.