Delta King · Photo: J.smith · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Rio Vista (10.9%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C: better than 25% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #681 of 847 in California.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns · #554 of 847 in California.
Household incomes here are higher than in 67% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 40 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). About one in five work in Rio Vista; the top destination outside it is Fairfield (5%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rio Vista, in brief
Rio Vista workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Rio Vista’s commute
The biggest draw, Fairfield, gets only 5% of working residents, and 54% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Rio Vista residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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’s behind Rio Vista’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rio Vista is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #681 of 847 in California. Household income holds Rio Vista’s grade up ($89,306, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (10.9%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rio Vista could be anywhere from D to B.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rio Vista workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,145 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
5% of working residents work in Fairfield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Rio Vista clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Rio Vista quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,912 residents head out to work, 614 work right here, and 998 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Rio Vista on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.46 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.
What the 1,612 jobs in Rio Vista are
1,612 jobs are based in Rio Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rio Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rio Vista, 2013 → 2023: 1,389 → 1,612. 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.
Half of Rio Vista commutes less than 29 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Rio Vista start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rio Vista is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #554 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Rio Vista near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,590 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% 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 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.8% of Rio Vista households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rio Vista’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rio Vista is 2,330th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rio Vista, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,328 | Franklin KY | 10,759 | $59K | 17.1% | 6.2% | 34% | C |
| 2,329 | Brevard NC | 8,098 | $54K | 15.1% | 3.6% | 33% | C |
| 2,330 | Rio Vista CA | 10,523 | $89K | 10.3% | 10.9% | 17% | C |
| 2,331 | Georgetown DE | 8,291 | $50K | 16.8% | 3.7% | 13% | C |
| 2,332 | Union Township MI | 11,850 | $44K | 29.7% | 5.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
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 Rio Vista: questions
What is the median household income in Rio Vista?
$89,306 (±$10,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rio Vista?
10.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rio Vista?
40 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rio Vista work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (5%, 19 mi), Sacramento (5%, 30 mi), San Francisco (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rio Vista walkable?
Rio Vista is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rio Vista without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 15% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rio Vista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rio Vista
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.