Photo: Mcanmoocanu · Public domainAt 8.6%, unemployment in Lenwood is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Lenwood is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Lenwood are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lenwood: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
68% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Lenwood is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Lenwood, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lenwood has about 1,800 people in it, 47% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lenwood
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lenwood is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #742 of 847 in California. Household income holds Lenwood’s grade up ($78,958, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lenwood could be anywhere from D to B.
Half of Lenwood commutes less than 71 miles
About 68% 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.
Who works in Lenwood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,688 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Lenwood on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
0.07 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.
14% of working residents work in Barstow
Where Lenwood clocks in
14% 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.
What Lenwood’s employers do
114 jobs are based in Lenwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenwood, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 114. 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 Lenwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Lenwood’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lenwood workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,280 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Lenwood, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lenwood is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #798 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 1,380 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 9.9% of Lenwood households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lenwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Lenwood comes 3,707th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,705 | Tool TX | 2,427 | $71K | 17.3% | 7.1% | 4% | C− |
| 3,706 | Clay Township OH | 3,418 | $36K | 27.1% | 3.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,707 | Lenwood CA | 3,383 | $79K | 15.2% | 8.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,708 | Blanchester OH | 4,250 | $55K | 13.2% | 10.8% | 10% | C− |
| 3,709 | Marathon Township MI | 4,444 | $66K | 11.3% | 12.2% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lenwood, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 14% of Lenwood
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Barstow. Darker towns draw more of Lenwood’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 Lenwood: questions
What is the median household income in Lenwood?
$78,958 (±$15,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lenwood?
15.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lenwood?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lenwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barstow (14%, 4 mi), Los Angeles (9%, 95 mi), Fort Irwin (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lenwood walkable?
Lenwood is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lenwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lenwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenwood
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.