Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Households in San Andreas have lower incomes than those in 86% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 28.1% of residents, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Jobs and income earn San Andreas D−; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven stay in San Andreas for work; outside it, Stockton is the main destination (4%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where San Andreas stands out on work
San Andreas has added jobs fast
Jobs based in San Andreas went from 1,246 in 2013 to 2,410 in 2023, +93%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
45% 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 ↓
San Andreas is where the jobs are
San Andreas has 2,410 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in San Andreas pay better than its residents’ jobs
70% of the jobs based in San Andreas pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs San Andreas residents hold. 92% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside San Andreas. 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.
How San Andreas earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, San Andreas is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #818 of 847 in California. Unemployment holds San Andreas’ grade up (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, San Andreas could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In San Andreas, services account for most jobs
2,410 jobs are based in San Andreas.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Andreas, 2013 → 2023: 1,246 → 2,410. 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 San Andreas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
San Andreas’ commute, mile by mile
About 45% 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.
Who works in San Andreas, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,274 residents head out to work, 184 work right here, and 2,226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in San Andreas on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to San Andreas: where workers come from
Where San Andreas clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
How long San Andreas spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Andreas workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 723 commuters (the 22% 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.
Driving is how San Andreas gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, San Andreas is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #628 of 847 in California. Both inputs place San Andreas 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 925 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 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 1.6% of San Andreas households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of San Andreas’ commuters take a bus or train.
Where San Andreas sits among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 90 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 4,370 | Deer Creek Township IN | 3,538 | $42K | 23.4% | 12.5% | 1% | D− |
| 4,371 | Albert Township MI | 2,637 | $54K | 17.9% | 7.0% | 18% | D− |
| 4,372 | San Andreas CA | 2,979 | $52K | 28.1% | 6.5% | 13% | D− |
| 4,373 | Citronelle AL | 3,897 | $44K | 22.5% | 10.0% | 13% | D− |
| 4,374 | Honea Path SC | 3,950 | $33K | 33.6% | 15.5% | 4% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 San Andreas, 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 San Andreas: questions
What is the median household income in San Andreas?
$51,684 (±$15,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Andreas?
28.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Andreas?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Andreas work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (4%, 38 mi), San Jose (3%, 88 mi), Sacramento (3%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is San Andreas walkable?
San Andreas is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around San Andreas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Andreas, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Andreas
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.