Photo: Fruitianslip · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Plymouth are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Plymouth itself; outside it, Sacramento draws the most (7%, 33 miles). The poverty rate is 15.7%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Jobs and income earn Plymouth C; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Plymouth
A big share show a job far from home
50% 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 ↓
Commutes from Plymouth are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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 408 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Plymouth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Plymouth is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Plymouth’s grade up ($92,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Plymouth’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Plymouth could be anywhere from D to B+.
The commute from Plymouth, by distance
About 50% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Plymouth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plymouth workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 415 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.
The daily flow of workers through Plymouth
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Plymouth on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
Out of Plymouth to work: where people go
Where Plymouth clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Goods, not services: 52% of the jobs in Plymouth
296 jobs are based in Plymouth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 296. 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 Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Plymouth is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plymouth is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Plymouth 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 485 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 1.0% of Plymouth households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plymouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Plymouth places 2,240th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,238 | Boone Township IN | 1,378 | $62K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 8% | C |
| 2,239 | Troy Township PA | 1,038 | $71K | 7.3% | 10.1% | 3% | C |
| 2,240 | Plymouth CA | 1,174 | $93K | 15.7% | 5.4% | 2% | C |
| 2,241 | Rio WI | 1,123 | $68K | 17.6% | 1.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,242 | Casner Township IL | 1,141 | $65K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Plymouth, 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 Plymouth: questions
What is the median household income in Plymouth?
$92,500 (±$22,618) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plymouth?
15.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plymouth?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plymouth work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (7%, 33 mi), Jackson (3%, 10 mi), Stockton (2%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plymouth walkable?
Plymouth is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plymouth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plymouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plymouth
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.