Households in Mather earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.8%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Jobs and income earn Mather A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Home is the office for 29% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mather stands out on work
Mather is where the jobs are
Mather has 5,097 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,200 people are in town, 60% more than the 4,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Mather
29% of Mather workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Mather and Sacramento trade workers both ways
Sacramento is the top workplace for Mather residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Mather come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mather has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mather went from 3,275 in 2013 to 5,097 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Mather pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Mather pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Mather’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($146,023, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mather could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Mather on a workday
On a workday 2,366 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 5,056 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Mather on a workday afternoon, 60% more than live here.
2.1 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.
How long Mather spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mather workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,619 commuters (the 29% 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 Mather’s workforce comes from
Where Mather clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
77% of the jobs in Mather pay over $3,333 a month
5,097 jobs are based in Mather.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mather, 2013 → 2023: 3,275 → 5,097. 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 Mather’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mather to work
About 20% 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.
Mather is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mather is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #752 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 2,287 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 1.5% of Mather households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mather’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Mather comes 225th 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Monmouth Township KS | 3,224 | $106K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 224 | Perry Township OH | 3,796 | $186K | 0.2% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| 225 | Mather CA | 4,520 | $146K | 2.8% | 3.7% | 2% | A |
| 226 | Oakland FL | 3,774 | $152K | 7.2% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 227 | Huxley IA | 4,715 | $112K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Mather, the top three, the last and three more from California.
11% of Mather works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mather workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mather | – | A | C+ | 26 min | $146,023 |
| Rancho Cordova | 11% | B− | A | 27 min | $89,585 |
| Rosemont | under 2% | B | A | 28 min | $90,046 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rancho Cordova. Darker towns draw more of Mather’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 Mather: questions
What is the median household income in Mather?
$146,023 (±$8,652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mather?
2.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mather?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mather work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (24%, 10 mi), Rancho Cordova (11%, 3 mi), Folsom (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mather walkable?
Mather is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mather without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mather, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mather
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.