Household incomes in Quincy top those of 67% of U.S. towns
Quincy grades C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 9.2% of residents (California 12.0%). Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Quincy, in brief
Quincy and East Quincy trade workers both ways
East Quincy is the top workplace for Quincy residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Quincy come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Quincy are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Quincy is where the jobs are
Quincy has 977 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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 648 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Quincy
On income, poverty and job access, Quincy is better than 39% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Quincy’s grade up ($89,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (14.1%) is left out: Quincy’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, Quincy could be anywhere from D to B+.
Where Quincy’s workforce comes from
Where Quincy clocks in
3% 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 13 minutes each way for Quincy’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quincy workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 29% 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.
Quincy on a workday afternoon
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 159 work right here, and 818 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Quincy on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
In Quincy, services account for most jobs
977 jobs are based in Quincy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quincy, 2013 → 2023: 1,179 → 977. 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 Quincy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Quincy
About 31% 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.
The commute in Quincy is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Quincy is more walkable than 47% 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 527 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 53% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 4.6% of Quincy households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Quincy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Quincy places 2,512th of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,510 | Kiantone NY | 1,351 | $81K | 14.2% | 11.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,511 | West Franklin Township PA | 1,655 | $68K | 8.7% | 2.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,512 | Quincy CA | 1,317 | $89K | 9.2% | 14.1% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,513 | Manning IA | 1,375 | $73K | 7.4% | 0.7% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,514 | Buffalo OK | 1,002 | $72K | 5.0% | 1.5% | 19% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Quincy, the top three, the last and three more from California.
27% of Quincy works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quincy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy | – | C+ | B− | 13 min | $89,000 |
| East Quincy | 27% | B− | A | 10 min | $70,213 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Quincy. Darker towns draw more of Quincy’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Quincy: questions
What is the median household income in Quincy?
$89,000 (±$28,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quincy?
9.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quincy?
13 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quincy work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Quincy (27%, 2 mi), Chester (4%, 30 mi), Sacramento (3%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Quincy walkable?
Quincy is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quincy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 53% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quincy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quincy
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.