Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0Rio Linda has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. Rio Linda has 2,163 jobs for 6,591 working residents. The two grades for Rio Linda are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rio Linda
Rio Linda and Sacramento trade workers both ways
Sacramento is the top workplace for Rio Linda residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Rio Linda come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rio Linda has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rio Linda went from 1,394 in 2014 to 2,163 in 2024, +55%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rio Linda
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rio Linda is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #368 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Rio Linda’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rio Linda could be anywhere from B− to A−.
23% of working residents work in Sacramento
Where Rio Linda clocks in
23% 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.
34% of the jobs in Rio Linda make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Linda, 2014 → 2024: 1,394 → 2,163. 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 Rio Linda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Rio Linda: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,237 residents head out to work, 354 work right here, and 1,809 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Rio Linda on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Rio Linda: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Linda workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,959 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Rio Linda commutes less than 11 miles
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Rio Linda
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Linda is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #419 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% 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 6,851 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 63% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 3.4% of Rio Linda households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rio Linda’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rio Linda is 1,124th of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,122 | Stuarts Draft VA | 11,780 | $79K | 7.3% | 3.2% | 18% | B |
| 1,123 | Lynden WA | 16,881 | $103K | 7.3% | 3.6% | 24% | B |
| 1,124 | Rio Linda CA | 16,335 | $96K | 14.4% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,125 | Star ID | 20,874 | $98K | 5.8% | 6.9% | 7% | B |
| 1,126 | Cornelius OR | 15,520 | $96K | 9.1% | 5.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Rio Linda, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 28% of Rio Linda
The biggest share goes to Sacramento (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rio Linda workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Linda | – | B | A− | 29 min | $96,364 |
| McClellan Park | 2% | C− | A+ | 26 min | $23,750 |
| Elverta | under 2% | B | C | 30 min | $91,168 |
| Sacramento | 23% | B− | A | 25 min | $87,321 |
| North Highlands | 3% | C+ | A− | 31 min | $65,495 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rio Linda’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 Rio Linda: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Linda?
$96,364 (±$11,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Linda?
14.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Linda?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Linda work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (23%, 8 mi), Roseville (7%, 9 mi), North Highlands (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rio Linda walkable?
Rio Linda is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio Linda without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Linda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Linda
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.