With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Madera Acres works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Madera Acres C; getting around on foot earns it C−. There are 712 jobs in Madera Acres; 3,340 of its residents have a job. 5% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Madera Acres apart
Madera Acres and Madera trade workers both ways
Madera is the top workplace for Madera Acres residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Madera Acres come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Madera Acres is a place people come home to
There are 712 jobs based in Madera Acres, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madera Acres has about 7,200 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madera Acres makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Madera Acres are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Madera Acres residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
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 Madera Acres
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Madera Acres is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #648 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Madera Acres’ grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Madera Acres could be anywhere from C− to B.
24% of working residents work in Madera
Where Madera Acres clocks in
24% of workers
17% of workers
4% 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.
Who leaves Madera Acres for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,206 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 578 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Madera Acres on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Goods jobs make up 43% of work in Madera Acres
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madera Acres, 2013 → 2023: 714 → 712. 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 Madera Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Madera Acres: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madera Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,425 commuters (the 5% 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.
How many miles Madera Acres commutes
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.
Most of Madera Acres commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Madera Acres is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #809 of 847 in California. 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 3,593 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 42% 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 Madera Acres households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madera Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Madera Acres is 2,102nd among 2,761 U.S. towns of 6,900 to 13,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 14 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,100 | Eagle Point OR | 9,861 | $84K | 10.0% | 13.9% | 7% | C |
| 2,101 | St. Clair Township OH | 6,940 | $62K | 16.7% | 6.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,102 | Madera Acres CA | 9,846 | $78K | 16.2% | 8.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,103 | Vashon WA | 9,934 | $121K | 11.1% | 7.7% | 37% | C |
| 2,104 | Bladensburg MD | 9,671 | $63K | 21.7% | 9.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,761 | 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 Madera Acres, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 24% of Madera Acres
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madera Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madera Acres | – | C | C− | 29 min | $78,457 |
| Madera | 24% | C− | A− | 26 min | $63,933 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Madera. Darker towns draw more of Madera Acres’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 Madera Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Madera Acres?
$78,457 (±$9,549) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madera Acres?
16.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madera Acres?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madera Acres work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madera (24%, 3 mi), Fresno (17%, 22 mi), Chowchilla (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Madera Acres walkable?
Madera Acres is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madera Acres 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 Madera Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madera Acres
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.