Olivehurst has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
1,394 jobs are based in Olivehurst, and 6,133 of its residents work somewhere. Olivehurst grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. Home is the office for 8% of workers, 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: Olivehurst in brief
Olivehurst is a place people come home to
There are 1,394 jobs based in Olivehurst, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olivehurst has about 14,000 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Olivehurst has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Olivehurst went from 904 in 2013 to 1,394 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
Olivehurst workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Olivehurst
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olivehurst is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #622 of 847 in California. Household income holds Olivehurst’s grade up ($83,214, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olivehurst could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Olivehurst
On a workday 5,888 residents head out to work, 245 work right here, and 1,149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Olivehurst on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
What Olivehurst’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olivehurst, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 1,394. 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 Olivehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Olivehurst: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olivehurst workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,538 commuters (the 8% 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.
11% of working residents work in Yuba City
Where Olivehurst clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
How far Olivehurst goes to work
About 24% 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 commute in Olivehurst is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olivehurst is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #614 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 8,160 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 63% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 8% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 6.0% of Olivehurst households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Olivehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Olivehurst places 1,486th of 1,915 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,484 | Oakdale CA | 23,246 | $83K | 14.8% | 10.2% | 16% | C |
| 1,485 | Springfield TN | 20,090 | $59K | 22.4% | 4.7% | 25% | C |
| 1,486 | Olivehurst CA | 18,444 | $83K | 10.6% | 7.8% | 4% | C |
| 1,487 | Dentsville SC | 15,209 | $45K | 15.7% | 5.0% | 4% | C |
| 1,488 | Highland Springs VA | 14,296 | $58K | 19.0% | 5.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | 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 Olivehurst, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns around Olivehurst
The biggest share goes to Linda (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olivehurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivehurst | – | C | B | 35 min | $83,214 |
| Linda | 3% | C− | A− | 30 min | $72,776 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olivehurst’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 Olivehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Olivehurst?
$83,214 (±$8,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olivehurst?
10.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olivehurst?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olivehurst work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuba City (11%, 6 mi), Sacramento (10%, 36 mi), Marysville (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olivehurst walkable?
Olivehurst is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olivehurst without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 8% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olivehurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olivehurst
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.