Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Meiners Oaks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Meiners Oaks report 502 jobs, and 1,760 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Meiners Oaks are C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% stay in Meiners Oaks for work; outside it, Ojai is the main destination (17%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meiners Oaks at work: what stands out
Commutes from Meiners Oaks are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Meiners Oaks and Ojai trade workers both ways
Ojai is the top workplace for Meiners Oaks residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Meiners Oaks come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Meiners Oaks is a place people come home to
There are 502 jobs based in Meiners Oaks, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meiners Oaks has about 2,700 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Meiners Oaks’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Meiners Oaks is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #554 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Meiners Oaks’ grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Meiners Oaks could be anywhere from D to A−.
How long Meiners Oaks spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meiners Oaks workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,422 commuters (the 16% 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 Meiners Oaks goes to work
Where Meiners Oaks clocks in
17% 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 many people are in Meiners Oaks by day
On a workday 1,711 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 453 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Meiners Oaks on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where in the region Meiners Oaks works
About 36% 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.
Jobs in Meiners Oaks: what the 502 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meiners Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 502. 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 Meiners Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Meiners Oaks: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Meiners Oaks is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #634 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 1,698 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 3.1% of Meiners Oaks households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Meiners Oaks’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300, Meiners Oaks comes 2,374th 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,372 | Summit Township PA | 4,308 | $59K | 7.6% | 5.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,373 | Chester VT | 2,955 | $62K | 7.0% | 2.8% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,374 | Meiners Oaks CA | 3,934 | $70K | 14.6% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,375 | Delshire OH | 3,907 | $91K | 17.4% | 7.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,376 | Ludlow KY | 4,391 | $65K | 24.4% | 4.2% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | 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 Meiners Oaks, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 21% of Meiners Oaks
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meiners Oaks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiners Oaks | – | C+ | B | 21 min | $70,192 |
| Ojai | 17% | B− | A+ | 22 min | $82,656 |
| Mira Monte | 4% | C | B | 27 min | $72,879 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ojai. Darker towns draw more of Meiners Oaks’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 Meiners Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Meiners Oaks?
$70,192 (±$45,000) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meiners Oaks?
14.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meiners Oaks?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meiners Oaks work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ojai (17%, 1 mi), San Buenaventura (Ventura) (13%, 13 mi), Los Angeles (10%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Meiners Oaks walkable?
Meiners Oaks is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Meiners Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meiners Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meiners Oaks
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.