Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0More people are out of work in Loomis (6.4%) than in 78% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Loomis itself; outside it, Roseville draws the most (13%, 7 miles). Loomis grades B− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 26% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Loomis, in a few figures
Loomis has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Loomis went from 2,767 in 2013 to 4,561 in 2023, +65%. The jobs ↓
Loomis is where the jobs are
Loomis has 4,561 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Loomis makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Loomis are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Loomis residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Loomis
26% of Loomis workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Loomis 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Loomis’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Loomis is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #518 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Loomis’ grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Loomis could be anywhere from C− to A.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Loomis
4,561 jobs are based in Loomis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loomis, 2013 → 2023: 2,767 → 4,561. 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 Loomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Loomis
On a workday 2,704 residents head out to work, 164 work right here, and 4,397 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,700 people are in Loomis on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 24 minutes to work from Loomis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loomis workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,174 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where the people who work in Loomis live
Where Loomis clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Where in the region Loomis works
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.
Loomis is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loomis is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #514 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 2,945 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 58% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 2.2% of Loomis households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Loomis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500, Loomis ranks 1,903rd of 3,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,901 | Edgewood NM | 6,157 | $85K | 8.3% | 5.1% | 10% | B− |
| 1,902 | Moapa Valley NV | 6,684 | $89K | 5.8% | 4.1% | 13% | B− |
| 1,903 | Loomis CA | 7,004 | $81K | 13.5% | 6.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,904 | Pass Christian MS | 6,459 | $78K | 8.4% | 5.6% | 10% | B− |
| 1,905 | Muleshoe TX | 5,162 | $69K | 10.6% | 0.0% | 30% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Loomis, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door to Loomis
The biggest share goes to Rocklin (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loomis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loomis | – | B− | B+ | 24 min | $81,487 |
| Rocklin | 8% | A− | A− | 26 min | $124,168 |
| Granite Bay | under 2% | A | B+ | 25 min | $184,606 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loomis’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 Loomis: questions
What is the median household income in Loomis?
$81,487 (±$28,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loomis?
13.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loomis?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loomis work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseville (13%, 7 mi), Sacramento (11%, 22 mi), Rocklin (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loomis walkable?
Loomis is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loomis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loomis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loomis
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.