Photo: Publichall · CC BY-SA 4.0At 11.0%, unemployment in Newman is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Newman are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.2 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 0.6 in Modesto. Home is the office for 6% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Newman in brief
No single place dominates Newman’s commute
The biggest draw, Modesto, gets only 6% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Newman residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Newman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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: Newman’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newman is better than 21% of U.S. towns, #710 of 847 in California. Household income holds Newman’s grade up ($78,906, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newman could be anywhere from D to C+.
Commuting out of Newman: the destinations
Where Newman clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Newman’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newman workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,213 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Newman’s workers travel
About 34% 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 Newman, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,170 residents head out to work, 597 work right here, and 1,171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Newman on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
Inside Newman’s 1,768 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newman, 2013 → 2023: 1,473 → 1,768. 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 Newman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Newman
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newman is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #371 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% 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 5,544 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 3.9% of Newman households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Newman comes 2,043rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,041 | Bucyrus OH | 11,631 | $54K | 14.9% | 6.2% | 27% | C− |
| 2,042 | Wilkinsburg PA | 13,602 | $46K | 20.4% | 11.2% | 3% | C− |
| 2,043 | Newman CA | 12,453 | $79K | 12.2% | 11.0% | 13% | C− |
| 2,044 | Holly Hill FL | 13,268 | $55K | 21.5% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 2,045 | Clarksburg WV | 15,562 | $47K | 23.5% | 4.4% | 22% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Newman, 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 Newman: questions
What is the median household income in Newman?
$78,906 (±$8,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newman?
12.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newman?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newman work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (6%, 22 mi), Turlock (4%, 16 mi), Patterson (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newman walkable?
Newman is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newman
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.