More people are out of work in Parkway (9.3%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. Parkway grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 3% stay in Parkway for work; outside it, Sacramento is the main destination (29%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Parkway at work: what stands out
Where Parkway’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Parkway is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #660 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Parkway’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Parkway could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The towns that employ Parkway’s residents
Where Parkway clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Parkway
On a workday 5,557 residents head out to work, 145 work right here, and 3,742 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Parkway on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 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.
What Parkway’s employers do
3,887 jobs are based in Parkway.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkway, 2013 → 2023: 3,944 → 3,887. 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 Parkway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkway workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,385 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Parkway commutes less than 10 miles
About 25% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Parkway
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parkway is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns, #243 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.6% 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 5,994 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 11.3% of Parkway households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Parkway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Parkway is 1,689th among 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,687 | Kelso WA | 12,801 | $67K | 12.0% | 6.6% | 12% | C |
| 1,688 | South Charleston WV | 13,072 | $64K | 16.9% | 7.0% | 16% | C |
| 1,689 | Parkway CA | 15,397 | $64K | 22.5% | 9.3% | 3% | C |
| 1,690 | Forest Park GA | 19,168 | $41K | 20.3% | 5.7% | 6% | C |
| 1,691 | St. Marys PA | 12,253 | $67K | 7.8% | 7.7% | 55% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Parkway, the top three, the last and three more from California.
33% of Parkway works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parkway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway | – | C | A | 25 min | $64,375 |
| Sacramento | 29% | B− | A | 25 min | $87,321 |
| Florin | 4% | C+ | A− | 27 min | $71,111 |
| Lemon Hill | under 2% | C− | A | 25 min | $48,762 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sacramento. Darker towns draw more of Parkway’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 Parkway: questions
What is the median household income in Parkway?
$64,375 (±$9,462) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkway?
22.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkway?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkway work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (29%, 5 mi), Elk Grove (5%, 7 mi), Florin (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parkway walkable?
Parkway is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parkway without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkway
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.