Mayflower Village has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Employers in Mayflower Village report 380 jobs for 2,567 working residents. Mayflower Village grades A− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mayflower Village, in brief
Mayflower Village is a place people come home to
There are 380 jobs based in Mayflower Village, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mayflower Village has about 2,800 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mayflower Village
68% of Mayflower Village residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Mayflower Village pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Mayflower Village’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mayflower Village is Los Angeles, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (616) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Mayflower Village’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mayflower Village is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #169 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Mayflower Village’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mayflower Village could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mayflower Village
On a workday 2,512 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Mayflower Village on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Mayflower Village’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayflower Village, 2014 → 2024: 294 → 380. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mayflower Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mayflower Village goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
24% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Mayflower Village clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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 31 minutes to work from Mayflower Village
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayflower Village workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,963 commuters (the 17% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mayflower Village
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayflower Village is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #215 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.8% 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 2,358 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 50% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 7.5% of Mayflower Village households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Mayflower Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mayflower Village is 809th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
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| 72 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 81 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
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| 807 | Harrison Township IN | 4,423 | $120K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A− |
| 808 | Mount Hope NY | 6,487 | $91K | 5.1% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| 809 | Mayflower Village CA | 4,950 | $105K | 8.4% | 4.6% | 2% | A− |
| 810 | Apple Valley OH | 5,548 | $101K | 3.9% | 1.0% | 3% | A− |
| 811 | Mount Zion IL | 5,880 | $103K | 4.0% | 3.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Mayflower Village, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Mayflower Village compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Arcadia (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayflower Village workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower Village | – | A− | A | 31 min | $105,242 |
| Monrovia | 4% | B+ | A | 30 min | $96,021 |
| Arcadia | 5% | A− | A | 29 min | $113,516 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mayflower Village’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 2024, 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 Mayflower Village: questions
What is the median household income in Mayflower Village?
$105,242 (±$23,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayflower Village?
8.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayflower Village?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayflower Village work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (24%, 24 mi), Pasadena (7%, 8 mi), Arcadia (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mayflower Village walkable?
Mayflower Village is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayflower Village without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 50% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayflower Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayflower Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.