With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Stallion Springs works elsewhere
There are 128 jobs in Stallion Springs, against 1,027 working residents. For jobs and income Stallion Springs is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 3% work in Stallion Springs; the top destination outside it is Tehachapi (17%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stallion Springs and work: the main findings
Stallion Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stallion Springs is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Stallion Springs, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stallion Springs has about 2,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Stallion Springs’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Stallion Springs’ grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stallion Springs could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stallion Springs workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 856 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stallion Springs
On a workday 1,001 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Stallion Springs on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stallion Springs
About 33% 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.
Commuting out of Stallion Springs: the destinations
Where Stallion Springs clocks in
17% 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 kinds of work in Stallion Springs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stallion Springs, 2014 → 2024: 162 → 128. 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 Stallion Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Stallion Springs walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,027 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.8% of Stallion Springs households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stallion Springs’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Stallion Springs is 2,563rd among 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,561 | Tamworth NH | 2,895 | $68K | 9.2% | 2.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,562 | Kelly Township PA | 3,667 | $55K | 7.5% | 1.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,563 | Stallion Springs CA | 2,937 | $87K | 5.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,564 | Ozona TX | 2,405 | $82K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,565 | Barrett TX | 3,273 | $48K | 34.0% | 9.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Stallion Springs, 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 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 Stallion Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Stallion Springs?
$87,321 (±$29,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stallion Springs?
5.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stallion Springs?
43 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stallion Springs work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tehachapi (17%, 12 mi), Bakersfield (9%, 28 mi), Palmdale (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stallion Springs walkable?
Stallion Springs is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stallion Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stallion Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stallion Springs
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.