With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rancho Calaveras works elsewhere
Rancho Calaveras grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Rancho Calaveras report 293 jobs, against 3,480 working residents. Only 2% work in Rancho Calaveras itself; outside it, Stockton draws the most (9%, 27 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 Rancho Calaveras
Rancho Calaveras workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Rancho Calaveras is a place people come home to
There are 293 jobs based in Rancho Calaveras, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rancho Calaveras has about 3,900 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
Rancho Calaveras’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rancho Calaveras is Stockton, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (296) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rancho Calaveras
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rancho Calaveras is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #577 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds Rancho Calaveras’ grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rancho Calaveras could be anywhere from D to B+.
A commute of about 51 minutes in Rancho Calaveras
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rancho Calaveras workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,591 commuters (the 16% 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 Rancho Calaveras by day
On a workday 3,422 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Rancho Calaveras on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Rancho Calaveras to work
About 39% 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.
Commuting out of Rancho Calaveras: the destinations
Where Rancho Calaveras clocks in
9% 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.
Rancho Calaveras works in goods: 37% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rancho Calaveras, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 293. 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 Rancho Calaveras’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Rancho Calaveras, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rancho Calaveras is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #799 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,096 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 1.5% of Rancho Calaveras households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rancho Calaveras’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rancho Calaveras is 2,095th of 3,164 U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,093 | Middlebury VT | 9,208 | $86K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 56% | C+ |
| 2,094 | Kalifornsky AK | 8,663 | $94K | 8.6% | 5.2% | — | C+ |
| 2,095 | Rancho Calaveras CA | 7,131 | $89K | 13.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,096 | Pembroke Park FL | 6,425 | $53K | 26.8% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,097 | LaFayette GA | 7,157 | $46K | 14.3% | 0.6% | 28% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Rancho Calaveras, 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 Rancho Calaveras: questions
What is the median household income in Rancho Calaveras?
$88,779 (±$21,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rancho Calaveras?
13.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rancho Calaveras?
51 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rancho Calaveras work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (9%, 27 mi), San Andreas (6%, 11 mi), Sacramento (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rancho Calaveras walkable?
Rancho Calaveras is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rancho Calaveras without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rancho Calaveras, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rancho Calaveras
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.