With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Parklawn works elsewhere
Parklawn grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Parklawn report 61 jobs, and 352 of its residents work somewhere. 2% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Parklawn apart on work
Parklawn and Modesto trade workers both ways
Modesto is the top workplace for Parklawn residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Parklawn come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Parklawn is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Parklawn, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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; with 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Parklawn’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Parklawn is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Parklawn’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,071, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Parklawn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Parklawn could be anywhere from C− to A.
20% of working residents work in Modesto
Where Parklawn clocks in
20% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Parklawn: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 352 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Parklawn on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Miles to work from Parklawn
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.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Parklawn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parklawn, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 61. 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 Parklawn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Parklawn spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parklawn workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 597 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute in Parklawn is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parklawn is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 606 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 3.6% of Parklawn households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parklawn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parklawn next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000: 2,423rd of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,421 | Forestport NY | 1,488 | $73K | 4.7% | 0.7% | 8% | B− |
| 2,422 | East Mead Township PA | 1,281 | $86K | 9.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,423 | Parklawn CA | 1,478 | $61K | 12.7% | 6.5% | 0% | B− |
| 2,424 | Frankton IN | 1,827 | $69K | 9.2% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,425 | Wapello IA | 1,979 | $73K | 6.4% | 3.5% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Parklawn, the top three, the last and three more from California.
20% of Parklawn works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Modesto. Darker towns draw more of Parklawn’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 Parklawn: questions
What is the median household income in Parklawn?
$61,071 (±$38,308) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parklawn?
12.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parklawn?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parklawn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (20%, 2 mi), Ceres (6%, 1 mi), Turlock (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parklawn walkable?
Parklawn is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parklawn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parklawn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parklawn
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.