Photo: T71024 · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Rocklin have higher incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.8 in Sacramento. Below the poverty line: 5.6% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. Rocklin grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rocklin: the figures worth knowing
Rocklin and Roseville trade workers both ways
Roseville is the top workplace for Rocklin residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Rocklin come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rocklin has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Rocklin went from 16,163 in 2013 to 22,886 in 2023, +42%. 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.
Why Rocklin gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rocklin is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #145 of 847 in California. Household income holds Rocklin’s grade up ($124,168, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, 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, Rocklin could be anywhere from B+ to A.
16% of working residents work in Roseville
Where Rocklin clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
What the 22,886 jobs in Rocklin are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocklin, 2013 → 2023: 16,163 → 22,886. 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 Rocklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Rocklin on a workday
On a workday 26,198 residents head out to work, 3,306 work right here, and 19,580 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 (0.78 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.
About 26 minutes each way for Rocklin’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocklin workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26,353 commuters (the 24% 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.
How many miles Rocklin commutes
About 25% 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: Rocklin
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rocklin is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #451 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 34,535 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 47% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 34% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 3.7% of Rocklin households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rocklin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rocklin is 135th of 572 U.S. towns of 54,000 to 104,000 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 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | St. Charles MO | 72,561 | $86K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 13% | A− |
| 134 | Georgetown Township MI | 55,682 | $102K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 10% | A− |
| 135 | Rocklin CA | 76,821 | $124K | 5.6% | 4.5% | 11% | A− |
| 136 | Franklin Township IN | 67,488 | $97K | 7.8% | 3.4% | 10% | A− |
| 137 | Layton UT | 85,308 | $102K | 8.1% | 2.8% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Rocklin, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 18% of Rocklin’s workers
The biggest share goes to Roseville (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocklin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocklin | – | A− | A− | 26 min | $124,168 |
| Loomis | under 2% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $81,487 |
| Roseville | 16% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $119,288 |
| Lincoln | 2% | A− | B+ | 30 min | $111,990 |
| Granite Bay | under 2% | A | B+ | 25 min | $184,606 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rocklin’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 Rocklin: questions
What is the median household income in Rocklin?
$124,168 (±$4,905) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocklin?
5.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocklin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocklin work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseville (16%, 4 mi), Sacramento (13%, 20 mi), Rancho Cordova (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rocklin walkable?
Rocklin is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rocklin without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 34% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocklin
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.