Photo: JWarren117 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Stanton commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
7,057 jobs are based in Stanton, against 16,426 working residents. For jobs and income Stanton is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stanton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Stanton’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stanton could be anywhere from C+ to B.
How a workday changes Stanton
On a workday 15,955 residents head out to work, 471 work right here, and 6,586 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in Stanton on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Anaheim
Where Stanton clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
What Stanton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 5,404 → 7,057. 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 Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stanton’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,185 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stanton
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 Stanton, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.3% of 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 18,665 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, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 6.5% of Stanton households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Stanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanton is 764th of 1,086 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 54,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 762 | Leavenworth KS | 37,012 | $73K | 11.7% | 4.8% | 31% | B− |
| 763 | Osolo Township IN | 29,084 | $61K | 12.8% | 3.5% | 17% | B− |
| 764 | Stanton CA | 40,161 | $85K | 13.3% | 7.2% | 3% | B− |
| 765 | Van Buren Township MI | 29,770 | $78K | 10.7% | 8.5% | 5% | B− |
| 766 | Galloway Township NJ | 38,380 | $91K | 9.6% | 7.2% | 13% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Stanton, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Stanton’s workers
The biggest share goes to Anaheim (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton | – | B− | A | 29 min | $84,707 |
| Garden Grove | 7% | B | A− | 29 min | $92,174 |
| Anaheim | 10% | B | A | 27 min | $95,227 |
| Cypress | under 3% | A− | A− | 29 min | $130,215 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanton’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 Stanton: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton?
$84,707 (±$4,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton?
13.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anaheim (10%, 14 mi), Irvine (7%, 15 mi), Garden Grove (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanton walkable?
Stanton is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton
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.