Lemon Hill has higher unemployment (8.7%) than 91% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. Jobs and income earn Lemon Hill C−; getting around on foot earns it A. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lemon Hill: the gist
Lemon Hill and Sacramento trade workers both ways
Sacramento is the top workplace for Lemon Hill residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Lemon Hill come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lemon Hill is a place people come home to
There are 1,181 jobs based in Lemon Hill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lemon Hill has about 11,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lemon Hill
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lemon Hill is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #711 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Lemon Hill’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (32.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lemon Hill could be anywhere from C− to C.
31% of working residents work in Sacramento
Where Lemon Hill clocks in
31% of workers
4% 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.
How a workday changes Lemon Hill
On a workday 5,148 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,079 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Lemon Hill on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
The kinds of work in Lemon Hill
1,181 jobs are based in Lemon Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lemon Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,386 → 1,181. 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 Lemon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lemon Hill: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lemon Hill workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,277 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lemon Hill
About 25% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lemon Hill
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lemon Hill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #142 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Lemon Hill near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,852 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 27% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 11.6% of Lemon Hill households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Lemon Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lemon Hill ranks: 1,847th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,845 | Glasgow KY | 15,302 | $43K | 21.9% | 4.3% | 39% | C− |
| 1,846 | Mount Pleasant MI | 20,925 | $45K | 31.4% | 7.6% | 32% | C− |
| 1,847 | Lemon Hill CA | 15,312 | $49K | 32.0% | 8.7% | 2% | C− |
| 1,848 | Athens TN | 15,263 | $54K | 17.0% | 6.2% | 33% | C− |
| 1,849 | St. Andrews SC | 19,868 | $47K | 25.4% | 7.2% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lemon Hill, the top three, the last and three more from California.
31% of Lemon Hill works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lemon Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemon Hill | – | C− | A | 25 min | $48,762 |
| Sacramento | 31% | B− | A | 25 min | $87,321 |
| Parkway | under 2% | C | A | 25 min | $64,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sacramento. Darker towns draw more of Lemon Hill’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 Lemon Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Lemon Hill?
$48,762 (±$5,438) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lemon Hill?
32.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lemon Hill?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lemon Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (31%, 4 mi), West Sacramento (4%, 6 mi), Elk Grove (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lemon Hill walkable?
Lemon Hill is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lemon Hill without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 27% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lemon Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lemon Hill
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.