First Christian Church of Rialto · Photo: Oleknutlee · Public domainRialto has higher unemployment (7.7%) than 87% of U.S. towns
8% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%). Jobs and income earn Rialto B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.3 in Riverside.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Rialto
Jobs in Rialto have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Rialto went from 18,114 in 2013 to 40,890 in 2023, +126%. The jobs ↓
Rialto trades workers with the towns around it
Rialto has about as many jobs (40,890) as working residents (41,076), but they are mostly different people: 37,400 residents leave for work each day while 37,214 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Rialto are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
64% of the jobs in Rialto are in trade, transport and utilities, against 32% of the jobs its residents hold. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rialto
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rialto is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #480 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Rialto’s grade up (ahead of 91% 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, Rialto could be anywhere from B− to B.
Jobs in Rialto: what the 40,890 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rialto, 2013 → 2023: 18,114 → 40,890. 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 Rialto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Rialto, and who commutes in
On a workday 37,400 residents head out to work, 3,676 work right here, and 37,214 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 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.
10% of working residents work in San Bernardino
Where Rialto clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 32 minutes each way for Rialto’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rialto workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42,367 commuters (the 8% 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 distance from Rialto to work
About 15% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Rialto
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rialto is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #393 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% 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 45,942 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, 15% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.4 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). 4.5% of Rialto households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rialto’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
Among U.S. towns of 75,000 to 144,000, Rialto ranks 251st of 402 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 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| 21 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Livermore CA | 83,457 | $161K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 23% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Greenville SC | 75,310 | $71K | 14.0% | 4.4% | 38% | B− |
| 250 | St. George UT | 108,713 | $77K | 11.4% | 3.6% | 64% | B− |
| 251 | Rialto CA | 106,554 | $89K | 12.7% | 7.7% | 9% | B− |
| 252 | Aurora Township IL | 127,446 | $76K | 12.1% | 6.2% | 21% | B− |
| 253 | Carmichael CA | 76,948 | $86K | 12.6% | 7.3% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Rialto, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Rialto’s workers
The biggest share goes to San Bernardino (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rialto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rialto | – | B− | A− | 32 min | $88,857 |
| Bloomington | under 3% | B− | B+ | 32 min | $81,640 |
| Colton | 3% | C+ | A− | 28 min | $71,208 |
| San Bernardino | 10% | C+ | A− | 30 min | $67,415 |
| Fontana | 6% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $102,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rialto’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 Rialto: questions
What is the median household income in Rialto?
$88,857 (±$4,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rialto?
12.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rialto?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rialto work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (10%, 6 mi), Ontario (7%, 14 mi), Fontana (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rialto walkable?
Rialto is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rialto without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rialto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rialto
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.