California Theatre, The · Photo: Amerique · CC BY-SA 3.0Meadowbrook has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Meadowbrook is behind 80% of U.S. towns. Employers in Meadowbrook report 169 jobs, and 1,389 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Meadowbrook B−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meadowbrook and work: the main findings
Meadowbrook workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Meadowbrook than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Meadowbrook fell from 372 in 2013 to 169 in 2023, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Meadowbrook is a place people come home to
There are 169 jobs based in Meadowbrook, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meadowbrook has about 1,400 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Meadowbrook’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meadowbrook is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #542 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Meadowbrook’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,212, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Meadowbrook could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Commuting from Meadowbrook: about 42 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadowbrook workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 866 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Meadowbrook, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 169. 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 Meadowbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Meadowbrook by day
On a workday 1,378 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Meadowbrook on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
7% of working residents work in Perris
Where Meadowbrook clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
Miles to work from Meadowbrook
About 19% 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 trips from Meadowbrook start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meadowbrook is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #670 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 964 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, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 9.0% of Meadowbrook households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Meadowbrook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Meadowbrook is 2,554th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,552 | Richland Township OH | 2,641 | $65K | 12.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,553 | Delmar Township PA | 2,796 | $64K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,554 | Meadowbrook CA | 2,627 | $56K | 17.1% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,555 | Valley Forge TN | 2,136 | $55K | 15.1% | 1.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,556 | Morganfield KY | 3,102 | $66K | 15.9% | 0.4% | 22% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Meadowbrook, the top three, the last and three more from California.
10% of Meadowbrook works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Perris (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadowbrook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook | – | B− | B | 42 min | $56,212 |
| Lake Elsinore | 3% | B | B+ | 43 min | $101,888 |
| Good Hope | under 3% | C− | B− | 36 min | $56,981 |
| Perris | 7% | B− | A− | 37 min | $88,911 |
| Canyon Lake | under 3% | B+ | B− | 48 min | $126,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Meadowbrook’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 Meadowbrook: questions
What is the median household income in Meadowbrook?
$56,212 (±$4,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadowbrook?
17.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadowbrook?
42 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadowbrook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perris (7%, 6 mi), Riverside (7%, 16 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Meadowbrook walkable?
Meadowbrook is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meadowbrook without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadowbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadowbrook
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.