Mount Hermon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
At home: 23% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Mount Hermon has 45 jobs, and 384 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Mount Hermon for work; outside it, Santa Cruz is the main destination (14%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mount Hermon
In and out of Mount Hermon on a workday
On a workday 383 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Mount Hermon on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Mount Hermon goes to work
Where Mount Hermon clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mount Hermon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Hermon, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 45. 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 Mount Hermon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mount Hermon: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Hermon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 23% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mount Hermon
About 17% 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.
The towns around Mount Hermon
The biggest share goes to Felton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Hermon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hermon | – | — | — | 27 min | $157,604 |
| Felton | 4% | A− | B− | 26 min | $123,056 |
| Zayante | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Zayante: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Hermon’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 Mount Hermon: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Hermon?
$157,604 (±$55,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Hermon?
1.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Hermon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Hermon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Cruz (14%, 5 mi), San Jose (10%, 21 mi), Scotts Valley (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Hermon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Hermon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Hermon
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.