Jobs, income and commuting in Peters, CA
Hardly any stay in Peters for work; outside it, Stockton is the main destination (18%, 14 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Working residents average 27 minutes each way; California averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Peters apart on work
Peters and Stockton trade workers both ways
Stockton is the top workplace for Peters residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Peters come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Peters 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; with 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Peters’ residents
Where Peters clocks in
18% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peters workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 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.
How a workday changes Peters
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Peters on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Peters works in goods: 46% of its jobs
229 jobs are based in Peters.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peters, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 229. 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 Peters’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Peters’ workers travel
About 21% 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.
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 Peters: questions
What is the poverty rate in Peters?
6.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peters?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peters work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (18%, 14 mi), Lodi (5%, 17 mi), Linden (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peters without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peters, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peters
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.