American River Grange Hall No. 172 · Photo: Asilvero · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Rancho Cordova (7.3%) is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Rancho Cordova grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. About one in seven work in Rancho Cordova itself; outside it, Sacramento draws the most (23%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova is where the jobs are
Rancho Cordova has 57,163 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Rancho Cordova and Sacramento trade workers both ways
Sacramento is the top workplace for Rancho Cordova residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Rancho Cordova come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Rancho Cordova pay over $40,000 a year
76% of the jobs based in Rancho Cordova pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Rancho Cordova’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rancho Cordova is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #469 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Rancho Cordova’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rancho Cordova could be anywhere from B− to B.
Who leaves Rancho Cordova for work, and who comes in
On a workday 30,707 residents head out to work, 5,462 work right here, and 51,701 people come in from elsewhere.
About 109,000 people are in Rancho Cordova on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rancho Cordova’s workforce comes from
Where Rancho Cordova clocks in
23% 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.
76% of the jobs in Rancho Cordova pay over $3,333 a month
57,163 jobs are based in Rancho Cordova.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rancho Cordova, 2014 → 2024: 49,334 → 57,163. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rancho Cordova’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Rancho Cordova spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rancho Cordova workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,662 commuters (the 20% 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.
Half of Rancho Cordova commutes less than 11 miles
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Rancho Cordova is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rancho Cordova is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #262 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of 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 37,132 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 7.0% of Rancho Cordova households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rancho Cordova’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rancho Cordova is 322nd of 520 U.S. towns of 61,000 to 118,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 320 | Rapid City SD | 80,589 | $71K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 73% | B− |
| 321 | Delray Beach FL | 69,809 | $82K | 13.0% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| 322 | Rancho Cordova CA | 87,554 | $90K | 12.2% | 7.3% | 15% | B− |
| 323 | Cicero IL | 81,858 | $71K | 14.6% | 5.0% | 9% | B− |
| 324 | Fayetteville AR | 106,623 | $63K | 20.6% | 4.0% | 45% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 520 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Cordova, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Rancho Cordova
The biggest share goes to Carmichael (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rancho Cordova workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cordova | – | B− | A | 27 min | $89,585 |
| Carmichael | 2% | B− | A | 27 min | $85,914 |
| Mather | under 2% | A | C+ | 26 min | $146,023 |
| Fair Oaks | under 2% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $116,975 |
| La Riviera | under 2% | B+ | A | 26 min | $97,975 |
| Gold River | under 2% | A+ | A | 23 min | $175,120 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rancho Cordova’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 2024, 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 Cordova: questions
What is the median household income in Rancho Cordova?
$89,585 (±$6,261) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rancho Cordova?
12.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rancho Cordova?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rancho Cordova work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (23%, 12 mi), Folsom (6%, 8 mi), Roseville (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rancho Cordova walkable?
Rancho Cordova is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rancho Cordova without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rancho Cordova, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rancho Cordova
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.