Saticoy Southern Pacific Railroad Depot · Photo: Fettlemap · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Saticoy has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 1,068 people come in to work
1,072 jobs are based in Saticoy for 444 working residents. Saticoy grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Hardly any work in Saticoy; the top destination outside it is Los Angeles (15%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Saticoy apart
Saticoy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Saticoy is Los Angeles, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (66) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Saticoy is where the jobs are
Saticoy has 1,072 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,100 people are in town, 41% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Saticoy earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Saticoy is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (12.4%) is left out: Saticoy’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, Saticoy could be anywhere from B− to A.
Miles to work from Saticoy
About 34% 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.
In and out of Saticoy on a workday
On a workday 440 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 2,100 people are in Saticoy on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Where the people who work in Saticoy live
Where Saticoy clocks in
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Saticoy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saticoy, 2013 → 2023: 986 → 1,072. 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 Saticoy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Saticoy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saticoy workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 commuters (the 16% 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.
For most of Saticoy, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saticoy is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 440 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, 98% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 15.8% of Saticoy households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saticoy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Saticoy ranks 934th of 5,397 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 932 | Lebanon WI | 1,629 | $79K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 933 | Scott WI | 1,725 | $92K | 5.5% | 0.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 934 | Saticoy CA | 1,518 | $86K | 8.8% | 12.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 935 | Lake Riverside CA | 1,262 | $129K | 1.3% | 9.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 936 | Erie IL | 1,484 | $83K | 3.0% | 4.1% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Saticoy, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 14% of Saticoy’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saticoy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saticoy | – | B+ | B− | 21 min | $86,276 |
| San Buenaventura (Ventura) | 14% | B+ | A | 24 min | $103,069 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to San Buenaventura (Ventura). Darker towns draw more of Saticoy’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 Saticoy: questions
What is the median household income in Saticoy?
$86,276 (±$2,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saticoy?
8.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saticoy?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saticoy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (15%, 46 mi), San Buenaventura (Ventura) (14%, 6 mi), Oxnard (12%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saticoy walkable?
Saticoy is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saticoy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 98% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saticoy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saticoy
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.