Estudillo House · Photo: Mike Fitzpatrick from Annapolis, Maryland, USA · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in San Jacinto (8.9%) is higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income San Jacinto is better than 32% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in ten work in San Jacinto itself; outside it, Hemet draws the most (8%, 4 miles). At home: 10% of workers have no commute at all (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in San Jacinto: the figures worth knowing
San Jacinto workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
San Jacinto has added jobs fast
Jobs based in San Jacinto went from 5,735 in 2013 to 10,032 in 2023, +75%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates San Jacinto’s commute
The biggest draw, Hemet, gets only 8% of working residents, and 52% work outside the top ten towns entirely. San Jacinto 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind San Jacinto’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds San Jacinto’s grade up (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, San Jacinto could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Each way, about 41 minutes from San Jacinto
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of San Jacinto workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,175 commuters (the 10% 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.
The kinds of work in San Jacinto
10,032 jobs are based in San Jacinto.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in San Jacinto, 2013 → 2023: 5,735 → 10,032. 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 Jacinto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from San Jacinto work
Where San Jacinto clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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 and out of San Jacinto on a workday
On a workday 18,614 residents head out to work, 2,221 work right here, and 7,811 people come in from elsewhere.
About 45,000 people are in San Jacinto on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
The distance from San Jacinto to work
About 27% 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.
Most of San Jacinto commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% 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 22,422 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 69% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 3.5% of San Jacinto households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of San Jacinto’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 797 U.S. towns of 39,000 to 76,000, San Jacinto comes 682nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Dublin CA | 71,602 | $214K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 680 | Middletown OH | 52,146 | $57K | 17.1% | 5.9% | 15% | C |
| 681 | Euclid OH | 47,962 | $50K | 16.6% | 6.1% | 9% | C |
| 682 | San Jacinto CA | 56,014 | $81K | 16.1% | 8.9% | 11% | C |
| 683 | Waterloo IA | 66,919 | $57K | 16.6% | 5.3% | 53% | C |
| 684 | Stillwater OK | 50,046 | $44K | 27.4% | 6.4% | 48% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Jacinto, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Around San Jacinto: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | San Jacinto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto | – | C | B+ | 41 min | $80,647 |
| Hemet | 8% | C− | B+ | 36 min | $57,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hemet. Darker towns draw more of San Jacinto’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 San Jacinto: questions
What is the median household income in San Jacinto?
$80,647 (±$6,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in San Jacinto?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from San Jacinto?
41 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in San Jacinto work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hemet (8%, 4 mi), Riverside (6%, 25 mi), Moreno Valley (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is San Jacinto walkable?
San Jacinto is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around San Jacinto without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from San Jacinto, from the people who make the trip.
More of San Jacinto
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.