Somis has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
3.7% of residents are in poverty, against 12.0% across California. For jobs and income Somis is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Somis itself; outside it, Los Angeles draws the most (16%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Somis and work: the main findings
Somis’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Somis is Los Angeles, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (101) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Somis makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Somis are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Somis residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Somis than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Somis fell from 907 in 2013 to 585 in 2023, −36%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 640 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Somis
Household income is its strongest input ($145,163, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Somis’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, Somis could be anywhere from A to A+.
How far it is to work from Somis
About 20% 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 Somis, 50% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
585 jobs are based in Somis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somis, 2013 → 2023: 907 → 585. 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 Somis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Somis: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 632 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 577 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 (0.91 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.
Commuting out of Somis: the destinations
Where Somis clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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 daily trip from Somis: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somis workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 17% 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 Somis gets around
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 597 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 8.3% of Somis households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Somis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Somis ranks 109th of 4,866 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Chester NJ | 1,689 | $172K | 6.4% | 2.8% | 9% | A+ |
| 108 | Bell Acres PA | 1,454 | $166K | 5.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 109 | Somis CA | 1,229 | $145K | 3.7% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 110 | Walford IA | 1,359 | $129K | 1.1% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| 111 | Laflin PA | 1,468 | $121K | 2.3% | 3.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Somis, 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 Somis: questions
What is the median household income in Somis?
$145,163 (±$32,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somis?
3.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somis?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (16%, 38 mi), Camarillo (11%, 4 mi), Oxnard (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Somis walkable?
Somis is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Somis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somis
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.