Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: March ARB has 24.7 jobs per working resident, and 8,229 people come in to work
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.3 in Riverside. March ARB has 8,234 jobs, and 333 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for March ARB are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in March ARB
March ARB fills up on a workday
March ARB has 8,234 jobs, 24.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,200 people are in town, 7 times the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in March ARB have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in March ARB went from 2,300 in 2013 to 8,234 in 2023, +258%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
71% of the jobs in March ARB are in trade, transport and utilities, against 27% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; with 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind March ARB’s grade
On family income, poverty and job access, March ARB is better than 61% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds March ARB’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.0%, U.S. 11.9%). It also does well on family income.
16% of March ARB’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (17% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 17.0%, against 29.3% for all residents. Unemployment (9.3%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($100,227), since student households pull the household median down ($72,411).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, March ARB could be anywhere from C to A+.
March ARB on a workday afternoon
On a workday 328 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 9,200 people are in March ARB on a workday afternoon, 621% more 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.
What March ARB’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in March ARB, 2013 → 2023: 2,300 → 8,234. 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 March ARB’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into March ARB
Where March ARB 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.
How long March ARB spends getting to work: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of March ARB workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from March ARB
About 24% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: March ARB
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, March ARB is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 331 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 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% 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). 19.6% of March ARB households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of March ARB’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, March ARB is 1,169th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,167 | Robinson Township PA | 1,672 | $83K | 13.3% | 1.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,168 | Day WI | 1,052 | $94K | 7.3% | 0.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,169 | March ARB CA | 1,273 | $72K | 29.3% | 9.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,170 | Bell Hill WA | 1,041 | $79K | 1.3% | 6.5% | 0% | B |
| 1,171 | Foxfire NC | 1,426 | $85K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 March ARB, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 20% of March ARB
The biggest share goes to Moreno Valley (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | March ARB workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March ARB | – | B | A− | 36 min | $72,411 |
| Riverside | 9% | B | A | 31 min | $91,045 |
| Moreno Valley | 11% | B | B+ | 36 min | $93,222 |
| Perris | under 3% | B− | A− | 37 min | $88,911 |
| Mead Valley | under 3% | B− | B | 32 min | $86,795 |
| Woodcrest | under 3% | A− | B− | 40 min | $153,731 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of March ARB’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.
- Students. 16% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in March ARB: questions
What is the median household income in March ARB?
$72,411 (±$39,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in March ARB?
29.3% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 17.0%. California: 12.0%.
How long is the commute from March ARB?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in March ARB work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moreno Valley (11%, 5 mi), Riverside (9%, 7 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is March ARB walkable?
March ARB is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around March ARB without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from March ARB, from the people who make the trip.
More of March ARB
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.