Photo: Slamslam102 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lathrop has higher household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Lathrop itself; outside it, Stockton draws the most (11%, 12 miles). The poverty rate is 7.1%, against 12.0% across California. For jobs and income Lathrop is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lathrop, in brief
Lathrop workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Lathrop have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lathrop went from 5,885 in 2013 to 12,925 in 2023, +120%. The jobs ↓
Lathrop trades workers with the towns around it
Lathrop has about as many jobs (12,925) as working residents (12,394), but they are mostly different people: 11,608 residents leave for work each day while 12,139 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Lathrop are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Lathrop are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lathrop
Household income holds Lathrop’s grade up ($126,421, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (9.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lathrop could be anywhere from B to A−.
Commuting from Lathrop: about 45 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lathrop workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,721 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.
A place that makes things: 32% of Lathrop’s jobs are in goods
12,925 jobs are based in Lathrop.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lathrop, 2013 → 2023: 5,885 → 12,925. 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 Lathrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 11,608 residents head out to work, 786 work right here, and 12,139 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 (1.04 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.
Out of Lathrop to work: where people go
Where Lathrop clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
How far Lathrop goes to work
About 27% 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.
In Lathrop, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,730 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% 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 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 1.8% of Lathrop households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lathrop’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,011 U.S. towns of 30,000 to 58,000, Lathrop comes 533rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 531 | Parkville MD | 30,549 | $79K | 8.6% | 5.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 532 | State College PA | 40,844 | $45K | 38.1% | 5.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 533 | Lathrop CA | 42,783 | $126K | 7.1% | 9.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 534 | Southaven MS | 57,819 | $78K | 12.6% | 3.3% | 17% | B+ |
| 535 | Land O' Lakes FL | 38,910 | $99K | 8.3% | 5.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,011 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Lathrop, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Lathrop
The biggest share goes to Manteca (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lathrop workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop | – | B+ | B+ | 45 min | $126,421 |
| French Camp | under 3% | B− | A− | 26 min | $90,893 |
| Manteca | 5% | B | B+ | 38 min | $97,055 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lathrop’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 Lathrop: questions
What is the median household income in Lathrop?
$126,421 (±$12,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lathrop?
7.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lathrop?
45 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lathrop work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (11%, 12 mi), Tracy (7%, 9 mi), Manteca (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lathrop walkable?
Lathrop is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lathrop without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lathrop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lathrop
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.