Rouse has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rouse grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 129 jobs are based in Rouse; 620 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rouse, in brief
Rouse and Modesto trade workers both ways
Modesto is the top workplace for Rouse residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Rouse come from (49% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rouse is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Rouse, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rouse has about 970 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 620 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rouse
On income, poverty and job access, Rouse is better than 46% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Rouse’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,250, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Rouse’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rouse could be anywhere from C to A−.
25% of working residents work in Modesto
Where Rouse clocks in
25% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Rouse by day and by night
On a workday 618 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Rouse on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Rouse, by distance
About 38% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Rouse
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rouse, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 129. 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 Rouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rouse: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rouse workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 782 commuters (the 3% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Rouse
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rouse is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% 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 810 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, 46% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 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). 19.8% of Rouse households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rouse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Rouse comes 2,453rd on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,451 | Americus Township KS | 1,368 | $86K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,452 | Woodville Township MN | 1,268 | $81K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 2% | B− |
| 2,453 | Rouse CA | 1,462 | $61K | 12.7% | 7.1% | <1% | B− |
| 2,454 | Tahoe Vista CA | 1,048 | $113K | 9.1% | 3.5% | 7% | B− |
| 2,455 | Dunlap OH | 1,085 | $73K | 20.6% | 2.9% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Rouse, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Rouse: questions
What is the median household income in Rouse?
$61,250 (±$21,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rouse?
12.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rouse?
39 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rouse work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (25%, 1 mi), Ceres (4%, 3 mi), Turlock (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rouse walkable?
Rouse is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 46% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rouse
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.