Photo: Saeidb · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of La Grange commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 8 jobs in La Grange; 53 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in La Grange for work; outside it, Modesto is the main destination (25%, 30 miles). Working from home is the commute for 14% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of La Grange, and who commutes in
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in La Grange on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where La Grange’s working residents head each day
Where La Grange clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in La Grange
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 8. 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 La Grange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in La Grange
of La Grange workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far La Grange’s workers travel
About 34% 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.
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 La Grange: questions
What is the median household income in La Grange?
$23,594 (±$18,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Grange?
56.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Grange work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (25%, 30 mi), Turlock (8%, 24 mi), San Francisco (6%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Grange without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Grange, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Grange
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.