North Shore Yacht Club · Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in North Shore (11.3%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income North Shore is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. 0% of workers work from home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
North Shore and work: the main findings
Many jobs in North Shore pay little
55% of the jobs based in North Shore pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
North Shore makes and builds things
85% of the jobs based in North Shore are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs North Shore residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside North Shore
44% of North Shore residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 6% of the jobs based in North Shore pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in North Shore than ten years ago
Jobs counted in North Shore fell from 642 in 2013 to 331 in 2023, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few North Shore workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Jobs & income in North Shore: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds North Shore’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Shore could be anywhere from D− to B.
Goods, not services: 85% of the jobs in North Shore
331 jobs are based in North Shore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Shore, 2013 → 2023: 642 → 331. 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 North Shore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for North Shore’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Shore workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,885 commuters (the 0% 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.
Who works in North Shore, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,251 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in North Shore on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
13% of working residents work in Indio
Where North Shore clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region North Shore works
About 36% 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.
Most of North Shore commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 1,885 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 0.0% of North Shore households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Shore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,700, North Shore ranks 3,581st of 4,221 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 27 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,579 | Chautauqua NY | 3,995 | $69K | 18.3% | 6.4% | 26% | C− |
| 3,580 | Empire CA | 3,429 | $53K | 22.3% | 13.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,581 | North Shore CA | 3,515 | $52K | 7.6% | 11.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,582 | Montezuma GA | 2,879 | $47K | 18.3% | 3.8% | 15% | C− |
| 3,583 | South Blooming Grove NY | 3,810 | $62K | 38.1% | 11.4% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,221 | 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 North Shore, 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 North Shore: questions
What is the median household income in North Shore?
$51,795 (±$21,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Shore?
7.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Shore?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Shore work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indio (13%, 24 mi), Coachella (8%, 18 mi), Palm Desert (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Shore walkable?
North Shore is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Shore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Shore, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Shore
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.