Photo: Slamslam102 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Lockeford commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. 705 jobs are based in Lockeford, and 1,305 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Lockeford are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lockeford
Lockeford makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Lockeford are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lockeford residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Lockeford and Lodi trade workers both ways
Lodi is the top workplace for Lockeford residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Lockeford come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 Lockeford
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lockeford is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #308 of 847 in California. Household income holds Lockeford’s grade up ($100,294, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lockeford could be anywhere from C to A+.
Lockeford makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockeford, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 705. 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 Lockeford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of working residents work in Lodi
Where Lockeford clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
3% 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.
Lockeford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,254 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Lockeford on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Lockeford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockeford workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,474 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lockeford
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.
Most of Lockeford commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lockeford is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #783 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 1,632 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). 1.3% of Lockeford households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lockeford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200, Lockeford comes 1,316th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,314 | Williamstown VT | 3,576 | $94K | 8.2% | 0.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Smith Township OH | 4,032 | $69K | 8.9% | 1.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,316 | Lockeford CA | 3,838 | $100K | 6.1% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,317 | Birdsboro PA | 5,161 | $86K | 18.1% | 1.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,318 | Hartland NY | 3,803 | $92K | 6.3% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Lockeford, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Lockeford: questions
What is the median household income in Lockeford?
$100,294 (±$38,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockeford?
6.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockeford?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockeford work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lodi (16%, 8 mi), Stockton (14%, 15 mi), Sacramento (3%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lockeford walkable?
Lockeford is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lockeford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lockeford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lockeford
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.