Leona Valley’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Leona Valley B; getting around on foot earns it D. Below the poverty line: 7.2% of residents (California 12.0%). Only 2% work in Leona Valley; the top destination outside it is Los Angeles (25%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leona Valley and work: the main findings
Leona Valley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Leona Valley is Los Angeles, 41 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (240) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Leona Valley is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Leona Valley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leona Valley has about 590 people in it, 60% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Leona Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 69 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 969 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Leona Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Leona Valley is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Leona Valley’s grade up ($131,667, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Leona Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leona Valley could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Near or far: the trip to work from Leona Valley
About 23% 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.
How a workday changes Leona Valley
On a workday 950 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Leona Valley on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
About 38 minutes to work from Leona Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leona Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 12% 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.
Out of Leona Valley to work: where people go
Where Leona Valley clocks in
9% 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.
Most jobs in Leona Valley are in services
92 jobs are based in Leona Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leona Valley, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 92. 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 Leona Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Leona Valley start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leona Valley is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 614 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.8% of Leona Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leona Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Leona Valley comes 1,478th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,476 | Fletcher VT | 1,380 | $106K | 3.8% | 0.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,477 | Norrie WI | 1,037 | $93K | 5.1% | 0.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,478 | Leona Valley CA | 1,465 | $132K | 7.2% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,479 | Wanchese NC | 1,956 | $89K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 22% | B |
| 1,480 | Sleepy Hollow WY | 1,632 | $121K | 10.4% | 1.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Leona Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 16% of Leona Valley
The biggest share goes to Lancaster (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leona Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leona Valley | – | B | D | 38 min | $131,667 |
| Palmdale | 7% | C | B | 40 min | $81,770 |
| Lancaster | 9% | C | B+ | 31 min | $81,511 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leona Valley’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 Leona Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Leona Valley?
$131,667 (±$42,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leona Valley?
7.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leona Valley?
38 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leona Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (25%, 41 mi), Lancaster (9%, 9 mi), Palmdale (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leona Valley walkable?
Leona Valley is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leona Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leona Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leona Valley
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.