Unemployment in Rexland Acres (10.1%) is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
1% of workers work from home (California 17%). For jobs and income Rexland Acres is better than 18% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Rexland Acres: the gist
Rexland Acres and Bakersfield trade workers both ways
Bakersfield is the top workplace for Rexland Acres residents (40%) and also where the most people who work in Rexland Acres come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Rexland Acres than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rexland Acres fell from 695 in 2013 to 402 in 2023, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Rexland Acres workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Rexland Acres are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Rexland Acres makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Rexland Acres are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rexland Acres residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rexland Acres
Job access by car holds Rexland Acres’ grade up (ahead of 75% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rexland Acres could be anywhere from D to C+.
40% of working residents work in Bakersfield
Where Rexland Acres clocks in
40% of workers
2% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Rexland Acres
402 jobs are based in Rexland Acres.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rexland Acres, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 402. 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 Rexland Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Rexland Acres’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rexland Acres workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,133 commuters (the 1% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Rexland Acres
On a workday 1,085 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 389 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Rexland Acres on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
Miles to work from Rexland Acres
About 32% 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.
Driving is how Rexland Acres gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 1,142 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 0.0% of Rexland Acres households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rexland Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Rexland Acres ranks: 3,970th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,968 | Mentz NY | 2,207 | $53K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 7% | C− |
| 3,969 | Richland Township OH | 3,493 | $52K | 22.4% | 4.0% | 10% | C− |
| 3,970 | Rexland Acres CA | 2,760 | $56K | 25.4% | 10.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,971 | Agua Fria NM | 2,898 | $65K | 25.3% | 7.9% | 2% | C− |
| 3,972 | Mulberry NC | 2,037 | $52K | 11.7% | 13.0% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Rexland Acres, 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 Rexland Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Rexland Acres?
$56,078 (±$5,224) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rexland Acres?
25.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rexland Acres?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rexland Acres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bakersfield (40%, 4 mi), Los Angeles (4%, 95 mi), Shafter (2%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rexland Acres walkable?
Rexland Acres is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rexland Acres without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rexland Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rexland Acres
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.