Photo: Stephen R. Gold · Public domainPenngrove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. There are 559 jobs in Penngrove for 1,008 working residents. The two grades for Penngrove are B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Penngrove: the gist
Penngrove has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Penngrove went from 314 in 2013 to 559 in 2023, +78%. The jobs ↓
Penngrove and Petaluma trade workers both ways
Petaluma is the top workplace for Penngrove residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Penngrove come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Penngrove 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Penngrove
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Penngrove is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Penngrove’s grade up ($107,147, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Penngrove could be anywhere from C to A+.
A place that makes things: 31% of Penngrove’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Penngrove, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 559. 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 Penngrove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
21% of working residents work in Petaluma
Where Penngrove clocks in
21% of workers
11% 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.
From Penngrove, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Penngrove workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 800 commuters (the 14% 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.
Penngrove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 993 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Penngrove on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
How far Penngrove’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
In Penngrove, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Penngrove is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Penngrove near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 41% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 7.0% of Penngrove households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Penngrove’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,739th of 5,404: where Penngrove ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,737 | Platteville WI | 1,554 | $82K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,738 | Calwa CA | 1,862 | $65K | 10.2% | 17.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,739 | Penngrove CA | 2,119 | $107K | 8.2% | 7.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,740 | Ogden Township KS | 2,064 | $84K | 4.2% | 5.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,741 | Center Township OH | 2,892 | $89K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Penngrove, 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 Penngrove: questions
What is the median household income in Penngrove?
$107,147 (±$35,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Penngrove?
8.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Penngrove?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Penngrove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petaluma (21%, 5 mi), Santa Rosa (11%, 10 mi), San Francisco (8%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Penngrove walkable?
Penngrove is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.4 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Penngrove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 41% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Penngrove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Penngrove
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.