Households in Reliez Valley earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Measured by household income, Reliez Valley is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 5.3% of residents, where California as a whole has 12.0%. For jobs and income Reliez Valley is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Reliez Valley
Reliez Valley is a place people come home to
There are 284 jobs based in Reliez Valley, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reliez Valley has about 2,200 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Three in four Reliez Valley workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Reliez Valley’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
A lot of Reliez Valley works from home
26% of Reliez Valley workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Reliez Valley
Household income holds Reliez Valley’s grade up ($249,864, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reliez Valley could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who works in Reliez Valley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,259 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Reliez Valley on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.22 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 2024, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Reliez Valley
284 jobs are based in Reliez Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reliez Valley, 2014 → 2024: 241 → 284. 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 Reliez Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Reliez Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reliez Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,004 commuters (the 26% 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.
15% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Reliez Valley clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Where in the region Reliez Valley works
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Reliez Valley
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,354 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% 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). 8.4% of Reliez Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Reliez Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
785th of 4,698: where Reliez Valley ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 783 | Polk Township IN | 2,720 | $91K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 5% | A− |
| 784 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| 785 | Reliez Valley CA | 3,173 | $250K | 5.3% | 6.9% | 1% | A− |
| 786 | Kalona IA | 2,811 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.4% | 10% | A− |
| 787 | Lambertville NJ | 4,198 | $110K | 3.1% | 6.1% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Reliez Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 18% of Reliez Valley
The biggest share goes to Walnut Creek (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reliez Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliez Valley | – | A− | A− | 29 min | $249,864 |
| Pleasant Hill | 4% | A− | A+ | 30 min | $145,029 |
| Lafayette | 2% | A | A | 29 min | $228,250 |
| Walnut Creek | 9% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $130,432 |
| Martinez | 3% | A− | A | 28 min | $127,355 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reliez Valley’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 Reliez Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Reliez Valley?
$249,864 (±$33,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reliez Valley?
5.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reliez Valley?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reliez Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (15%, 21 mi), Walnut Creek (9%, 4 mi), Oakland (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Reliez Valley walkable?
Reliez Valley is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reliez Valley without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reliez Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reliez Valley
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.