Photo: Rsduhamel at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Pine Valley earn more than those in 92% of U.S. towns
2.9% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Pine Valley grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% work in Pine Valley; the top destination outside it is San Diego (29%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Pine Valley
Pine Valley is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Pine Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Pine Valley and San Diego trade workers both ways
San Diego is the top workplace for Pine Valley residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Pine Valley come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pine Valley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 100 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; with 506 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Pine Valley’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Pine Valley is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pine Valley’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (28.9%) is left out: Pine Valley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pine Valley could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pine Valley
On a workday 497 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Pine Valley on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
Where people from Pine Valley work
Where Pine Valley clocks in
29% of workers
6% 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 42 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 24% 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.
Jobs in Pine Valley: what the 103 are
103 jobs are based in Pine Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Valley, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 103. 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 Pine Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pine Valley
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.
In Pine Valley, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Valley is more walkable than 20% 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 534 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Pine Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pine Valley is 721st among 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 719 | Rock Creek Township IN | 1,432 | $94K | 2.4% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| 720 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| 721 | Pine Valley CA | 1,786 | $133K | 2.9% | 28.9% | 2% | A− |
| 722 | Bristol IN | 1,818 | $77K | 7.4% | 1.8% | 10% | A− |
| 723 | Westhampton MA | 1,618 | $100K | 6.5% | 7.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Pine Valley, 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 Pine Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Valley?
$132,772 (±$21,451) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Valley?
2.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Valley?
42 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (29%, 35 mi), El Cajon (6%, 26 mi), Alpine (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Valley walkable?
Pine Valley is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Valley
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.