Photo: Don Graham from Redlands, CA, USA - God bless it! · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Redlands are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.3 in Riverside. 9.1% of residents are in poverty, where California as a whole has 12.0%. The two grades for Redlands are B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Redlands: the figures worth knowing
Why Redlands gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Redlands is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #288 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Redlands’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Redlands could be anywhere from B to A−.
The 38,477 jobs based in Redlands
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redlands, 2013 → 2023: 27,294 → 38,477. 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 Redlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Redlands on a workday afternoon
On a workday 25,365 residents head out to work, 5,897 work right here, and 32,580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81,000 people are in Redlands on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in San Bernardino
Where Redlands clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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 25 minutes each way for Redlands’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redlands workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29,552 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Redlands
About 19% 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.
Redlands is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Redlands is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #396 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% 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 34,282 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 75% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 5.0% of Redlands households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Redlands’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Redlands is 259th among 592 U.S. towns of 52,000 to 100,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Mooresville NC | 55,842 | $90K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 24% | B+ |
| 258 | Camarillo CA | 68,652 | $113K | 8.5% | 5.5% | 17% | B+ |
| 259 | Redlands CA | 74,128 | $105K | 9.1% | 5.5% | 19% | B+ |
| 260 | Silver Spring MD | 81,462 | $100K | 10.6% | 5.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 261 | Warwick RI | 84,187 | $89K | 7.6% | 5.1% | 23% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Redlands, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 23% of Redlands
The biggest share goes to San Bernardino (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlands | – | B+ | A− | 25 min | $105,041 |
| Mentone | under 2% | B | B+ | 27 min | $74,708 |
| Yucaipa | 2% | B | B+ | 33 min | $90,794 |
| Loma Linda | 8% | B− | A+ | 20 min | $82,353 |
| San Bernardino | 13% | C+ | A− | 30 min | $67,415 |
| Highland | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 30 min | $77,120 |
| Calimesa | under 2% | A | B+ | 36 min | $87,181 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Redlands’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 Redlands: questions
What is the median household income in Redlands?
$105,041 (±$5,837) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redlands?
9.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redlands?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redlands work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (13%, 9 mi), Loma Linda (8%, 4 mi), Riverside (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redlands walkable?
Redlands is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redlands without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redlands
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.