Household incomes in Pixley trail those of 80% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Pixley is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). 16.2% of residents live below the poverty line (California 12.0%). 4% of workers work from home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pixley at work: what stands out
Pixley makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Pixley are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pixley residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 ↓
Few Pixley workers work from home
Only 4% 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 988 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Pixley’s Jobs & income grade comes from
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pixley’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pixley could be anywhere from D− to B.
Pixley works in goods: 41% of its jobs
767 jobs are based in Pixley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pixley, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 767. 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 Pixley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pixley
About 30% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Pixley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pixley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,438 commuters (the 3% 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 many people are in Pixley by day
On a workday 913 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
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.
7% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Pixley clocks in
7% 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.
Few in Pixley walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,490 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). 4.4% of Pixley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pixley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100, Pixley comes 3,806th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,804 | Grant Township MI | 3,437 | $61K | 23.9% | 5.2% | 5% | C− |
| 3,805 | Unadilla NY | 4,098 | $56K | 11.3% | 5.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,806 | Pixley CA | 3,742 | $56K | 16.2% | 6.2% | 8% | C− |
| 3,807 | Ridge Manor FL | 3,935 | $58K | 14.6% | 5.8% | <1% | C− |
| 3,808 | Willits CA | 4,760 | $63K | 9.9% | 10.3% | 40% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Pixley, 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 Pixley: questions
What is the median household income in Pixley?
$55,625 (±$21,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pixley?
16.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pixley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pixley work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (7%, 24 mi), Tulare (6%, 16 mi), Porterville (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pixley walkable?
Pixley is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pixley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pixley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pixley
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.