Photo: Steveozone · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Lodi (8.9%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 3.9 in Stockton. Lodi grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in five stay in Lodi for work; outside it, Stockton is the main destination (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lodi apart on work
Lodi trades workers with the towns around it
Lodi has about as many jobs (25,002) as working residents (27,045), but they are mostly different people: 20,970 residents leave for work each day while 18,927 people come in. Only 24% of the jobs in Lodi are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lodi and Stockton trade workers both ways
Stockton is the top workplace for Lodi residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Lodi come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lodi are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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.
Jobs & income in Lodi: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lodi is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #533 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Lodi’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lodi could be anywhere from C+ to B−.
Lodi on a workday afternoon
On a workday 20,970 residents head out to work, 6,075 work right here, and 18,927 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 (0.92 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.
Where Lodi’s working residents head each day
Where Lodi clocks in
18% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Lodi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lodi workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25,712 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.
Jobs in Lodi: what the 25,002 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lodi, 2013 → 2023: 20,012 → 25,002. 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 Lodi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lodi’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lodi
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lodi is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #373 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.7% 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 29,154 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 6.1% of Lodi households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lodi’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lodi ranks: 472nd of 651 U.S. towns of 48,000 to 93,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 470 | Mount Vernon NY | 72,304 | $79K | 14.7% | 9.3% | 9% | B− |
| 471 | Longview TX | 83,236 | $63K | 17.3% | 3.1% | 45% | B− |
| 472 | Lodi CA | 69,100 | $89K | 12.4% | 8.9% | 22% | B− |
| 473 | Jeffersonville Township IN | 65,369 | $62K | 14.4% | 4.9% | 21% | B− |
| 474 | Ross Township IN | 49,726 | $72K | 11.0% | 7.4% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Lodi, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Lodi
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lodi workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi | – | B− | A− | 24 min | $88,530 |
| Woodbridge | under 2% | A− | C+ | 33 min | $93,854 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lodi’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 Lodi: questions
What is the median household income in Lodi?
$88,530 (±$5,421) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lodi?
12.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lodi?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lodi work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (18%, 10 mi), Sacramento (3%, 32 mi), San Francisco (2%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lodi walkable?
Lodi is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lodi without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lodi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lodi
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.