Photo: Justin N · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Moorpark have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Moorpark itself; outside it, Los Angeles draws the most (16%, 32 miles). The poverty rate is 4.9% (California 12.0%). Moorpark grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Moorpark: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Moorpark’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moorpark is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #158 of 847 in California. Household income holds Moorpark’s grade up ($148,480, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moorpark could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Half of Moorpark commutes less than 17 miles
About 18% 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.
Who works in Moorpark, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 14,375 residents head out to work, 1,702 work right here, and 9,946 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Moorpark on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Moorpark ends
Where Moorpark clocks in
14% 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.
67% of the jobs in Moorpark pay over $3,333 a month
11,648 jobs are based in Moorpark.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moorpark, 2013 → 2023: 9,118 → 11,648. 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 Moorpark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Moorpark spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moorpark workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,336 commuters (the 19% 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.
Few in Moorpark walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moorpark is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #542 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% 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 17,795 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 1.8% of Moorpark households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Moorpark’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Moorpark is 403rd of 1,194 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 47,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 401 | Royal Palm Beach FL | 42,477 | $96K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| 402 | Sugar Hill GA | 29,280 | $107K | 7.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 403 | Moorpark CA | 35,023 | $148K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 11% | A− |
| 404 | Nutley Township NJ | 30,744 | $120K | 6.8% | 5.8% | 8% | A− |
| 405 | Waukee IA | 34,890 | $101K | 7.4% | 3.5% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,194 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Moorpark, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Moorpark and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Simi Valley (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moorpark workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorpark | – | A− | B+ | 29 min | $148,480 |
| Simi Valley | 8% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $122,081 |
| Santa Rosa Valley | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $213,973 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moorpark’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 Moorpark: questions
What is the median household income in Moorpark?
$148,480 (±$12,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moorpark?
4.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moorpark?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moorpark work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (16%, 32 mi), Thousand Oaks (14%, 6 mi), Simi Valley (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moorpark walkable?
Moorpark is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moorpark 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 Moorpark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moorpark
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.