Household incomes put Rolling Hills near the very top of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.5%; California has 12.0%. Measured by household income, Rolling Hills is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Rolling Hills grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rolling Hills stands out on work
Rolling Hills and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Rolling Hills residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Rolling Hills come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rolling Hills
68% of Rolling Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Rolling Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Rolling Hills’ workforce skews older
39% of Rolling Hills’ working residents are 55 or older. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Rolling Hills’ grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Rolling Hills is better than 98% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Rolling Hills’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Rolling Hills’ median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rolling Hills could be anywhere from A to A+.
26% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Rolling Hills clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
In Rolling Hills, services account for most jobs
358 jobs are based in Rolling Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rolling Hills, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 358. 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 Rolling Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Rolling Hills
On a workday 1,064 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Rolling Hills on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
Time on the road from Rolling Hills: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rolling Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 447 commuters (the 18% 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 far it is to work from Rolling Hills
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.
The commute in Rolling Hills is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rolling Hills is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 543 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.8% of Rolling Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rolling Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
92nd of 6,161: where Rolling Hills ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Westlake TX | 2,057 | $250K | 6.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 91 | St. Georges DE | 1,530 | $132K | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 92 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 93 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 94 | Tatamy PA | 1,389 | $122K | 0.8% | 5.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Rolling Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Rolling Hills
The biggest share goes to Rolling Hills Estates (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rolling Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills | – | A+ | C+ | 32 min | $250,000+ |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | under 2% | A | A | 33 min | $179,623 |
| Rolling Hills Estates | 1% | A | B+ | 27 min | $191,895 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rolling Hills’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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rolling Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Rolling Hills?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rolling Hills?
5.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rolling Hills?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rolling Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (26%, 18 mi), Torrance (8%, 5 mi), Irvine (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rolling Hills walkable?
Rolling Hills is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rolling Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rolling Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rolling Hills
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.