Mono Vista has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Mono Vista are C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Mono Vista has 504 jobs, against 1,591 working residents. For 9% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mono Vista: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
49% 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 ↓
Mono Vista makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Mono Vista are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mono Vista residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Mono Vista has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mono Vista went from 349 in 2013 to 504 in 2023, +44%. 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.
Why Mono Vista gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mono Vista is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #627 of 847 in California. The poverty rate holds Mono Vista’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mono Vista could be anywhere from D to A−.
Half of Mono Vista commutes less than 49 miles
About 49% 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.
In Mono Vista, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mono Vista, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 504. 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 Mono Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Mono Vista for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,530 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mono Vista on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
11% of working residents work in Sonora
Where Mono Vista clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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 Mono Vista spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mono Vista workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,572 commuters (the 9% 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 Mono Vista, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mono Vista is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #615 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.7% 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 1,720 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.3% of Mono Vista households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mono Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,966th of 4,318: where Mono Vista ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,964 | Reno TX | 3,575 | $72K | 11.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,965 | Paupack Township PA | 3,738 | $75K | 7.6% | 8.3% | 6% | C |
| 2,966 | Mono Vista CA | 3,675 | $86K | 7.0% | 7.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,967 | Koloa HI | 2,907 | $78K | 7.1% | 7.8% | 3% | C |
| 2,968 | Lake Delton WI | 3,451 | $52K | 12.6% | 4.1% | 28% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | 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 Mono Vista, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Mono Vista
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mono Vista workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Vista | – | C | B | 32 min | $85,769 |
| Phoenix Lake | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $103,125 |
| Twain Harte | under 2% | C+ | B− | 38 min | $88,739 |
| Soulsbyville | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $96,865 |
| Cedar Ridge | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $82,308 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mono Vista’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 Mono Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Mono Vista?
$85,769 (±$43,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mono Vista?
7.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mono Vista?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mono Vista work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sonora (11%, 6 mi), East Sonora (5%, 5 mi), San Jose (3%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mono Vista walkable?
Mono Vista is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mono Vista without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mono Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mono Vista
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.