Rancho Murieta’s household incomes are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 4.1%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Rancho Murieta grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 7% stay in Rancho Murieta for work; outside it, Sacramento is the main destination (21%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Rancho Murieta apart
Rancho Murieta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Rancho Murieta’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rancho Murieta is Sacramento, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (516) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Rancho Murieta has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rancho Murieta went from 479 in 2013 to 735 in 2023, +53%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rancho Murieta
73% of Rancho Murieta residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in Rancho Murieta pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Rancho Murieta is a place people come home to
There are 735 jobs based in Rancho Murieta, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rancho Murieta has about 4,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Rancho Murieta’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income is its strongest input ($140,061, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rancho Murieta could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
About 43 minutes each way for Rancho Murieta’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rancho Murieta workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,174 commuters (the 15% 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.
Rancho Murieta’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
What the 735 jobs in Rancho Murieta are
735 jobs are based in Rancho Murieta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rancho Murieta, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 735. 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 Murieta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Rancho Murieta for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,344 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 563 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Rancho Murieta on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.29 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.
The towns that employ Rancho Murieta’s residents
Where Rancho Murieta clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
In Rancho Murieta, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rancho Murieta is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #826 of 847 in California. 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 2,553 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 1.7% of Rancho Murieta households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rancho Murieta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rancho Murieta is 301st of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Delafield WI | 7,314 | $95K | 5.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A |
| 300 | Rowley MA | 6,356 | $133K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 10% | A |
| 301 | Rancho Murieta CA | 5,875 | $140K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 7% | A |
| 302 | Granby MA | 5,991 | $119K | 4.5% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| 303 | Morris Plains NJ | 6,586 | $155K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Murieta, 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 Murieta: questions
What is the median household income in Rancho Murieta?
$140,061 (±$27,768) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rancho Murieta?
4.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rancho Murieta?
43 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rancho Murieta work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (21%, 22 mi), Elk Grove (7%, 19 mi), Rancho Cordova (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rancho Murieta walkable?
Rancho Murieta is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rancho Murieta without a car?
0% 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 Murieta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rancho Murieta
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.