Photo: Kpapai at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Santa Venetia are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in San Francisco. 7.8% of residents are in poverty, against 12.0% across California. The two grades for Santa Venetia are B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Santa Venetia, in a few figures
A lot of Santa Venetia works from home
32% of Santa Venetia workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Santa Venetia’s workforce skews older
36% of Santa Venetia’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Santa Venetia
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Santa Venetia is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #333 of 847 in California. Household income holds Santa Venetia’s grade up ($126,833, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Santa Venetia could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Getting to work from Santa Venetia takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Santa Venetia workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,200 commuters (the 32% 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.
Santa Venetia is a services town
892 jobs are based in Santa Venetia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Santa Venetia, 2014 → 2024: 839 → 892. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Venetia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Santa Venetia, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,658 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Santa Venetia on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.52 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 2024, primary jobs.
21% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Santa Venetia clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
The commute from Santa Venetia, by distance
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Santa Venetia, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Santa Venetia is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #92 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Santa Venetia 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 1,767 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 5.3% of Santa Venetia households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Santa Venetia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Santa Venetia is 1,392nd among 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,390 | Woolwich ME | 3,287 | $102K | 13.3% | 1.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,391 | Winfield Township PA | 3,287 | $91K | 4.1% | 5.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,392 | Santa Venetia CA | 3,725 | $127K | 7.8% | 7.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,393 | Nevada City CA | 3,174 | $76K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,394 | Maurice LA | 3,215 | $91K | 11.8% | 3.4% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Santa Venetia, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 18% of Santa Venetia
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Santa Venetia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Venetia | – | B+ | A+ | 26 min | $126,833 |
| San Rafael | 18% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $119,435 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Rafael. Darker towns draw more of Santa Venetia’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 2024, 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 Venetia: questions
What is the median household income in Santa Venetia?
$126,833 (±$22,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Santa Venetia?
7.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Santa Venetia?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Santa Venetia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (21%, 17 mi), San Rafael (18%, 2 mi), Novato (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Santa Venetia walkable?
Santa Venetia is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Santa Venetia without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Santa Venetia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Santa Venetia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.