Photo: Tranistrider1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mountain House top those of 98% of U.S. towns
5.0% of residents live below the poverty line (California 12.0%). Jobs and income earn Mountain House A; getting around on foot earns it B. For 26% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mountain House in brief
Mountain House workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Mountain House have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mountain House went from 373 in 2013 to 1,092 in 2023, +193%. The jobs ↓
Mountain House is a place people come home to
There are 1,092 jobs based in Mountain House, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mountain House has about 18,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Mountain House
26% of Mountain House workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
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.
Inside Mountain House’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mountain House is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #125 of 847 in California. Household income is its strongest input ($177,163, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mountain House could be anywhere from B+ to A.
About 50 minutes each way for Mountain House’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain House workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,090 commuters (the 25% 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.
Most jobs in Mountain House are in services
1,092 jobs are based in Mountain House.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain House, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 1,092. 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 Mountain House’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mountain House
On a workday 8,490 residents head out to work, 406 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Mountain House on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
7% of working residents work in Livermore
Where Mountain House clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mountain House
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.
In Mountain House, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mountain House is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #638 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,854 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). 3.4% of Mountain House households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mountain House’s commuters take a bus or train.
404th of 1,516: where Mountain House ranks among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Grand Haven Township MI | 19,981 | $100K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 8% | A |
| 403 | Derry NH | 33,990 | $109K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| 404 | Mountain House CA | 25,315 | $177K | 5.0% | 3.5% | 5% | A |
| 405 | Grand Rapids Township MI | 19,442 | $123K | 6.5% | 4.3% | 5% | A |
| 406 | Tysons VA | 28,936 | $130K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 21% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Mountain House, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Mountain House: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain House?
$177,163 (±$18,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain House?
5.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain House?
50 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain House work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livermore (7%, 14 mi), San Jose (7%, 37 mi), Pleasanton (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mountain House walkable?
Mountain House is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mountain House without a car?
1% 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 Mountain House, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain House
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.