Photo: Cristiano Tomás · CC BY-SA 4.0Santa Nella’s household incomes are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income B: better than 57% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 56 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Santa Nella; the top destination outside it is Los Banos (10%, 10 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.1 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Santa Nella
Santa Nella workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Santa Nella
60% of Santa Nella residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Santa Nella pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 671 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Santa Nella’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Santa Nella is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Santa Nella’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Santa Nella’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Santa Nella could be anywhere from C to B+.
About 56 minutes each way, longer than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Nella workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 593 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
What the 640 jobs in Santa Nella are
640 jobs are based in Santa Nella. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Nella’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Nella, 2013 → 2023: 482 → 640. 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.
Half of Santa Nella commutes less than 39 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 42% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 641 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 610 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 (0.95 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.
10% of working residents work in Los Banos
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Santa Nella clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Santa Nella is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Santa Nella is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Santa Nella 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 636 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% 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 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 10.5% of Santa Nella households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Santa Nella’s commuters take a bus or train.
Santa Nella is 1,746th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Santa Nella, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,744 | Monroe Township OH | 2,001 | $73K | 5.7% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,745 | York Township OH | 2,400 | $80K | 8.0% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,746 | Santa Nella CA | 2,107 | $99K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,747 | Hernando Beach FL | 2,675 | $102K | 5.5% | 6.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,748 | Hartington NE | 1,530 | $81K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
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 Santa Nella: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Nella?
$99,154 (±$15,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Nella?
5.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Nella?
56 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Nella work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Banos (10%, 10 mi), Fresno (5%, 71 mi), Merced (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Santa Nella walkable?
Santa Nella is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Nella without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Santa Nella, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Nella
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.