Sutter has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 43% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #561 of 847 in California.
Walkability D: more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns · #836 of 847 in California.
Household incomes here are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Sutter; the top destination outside it is Yuba City (23%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Sutter
Sutter makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Sutter are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sutter residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Sutter and Yuba City trade workers both ways
Yuba City is the top workplace for Sutter residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Sutter come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Sutter
67% of Sutter residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Sutter pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Sutter is a place people come home to
There are 343 jobs based in Sutter, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sutter has about 1,500 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Sutter are quick
The average trip to work takes 24 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Sutter’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sutter is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #561 of 847 in California. Household income holds Sutter’s grade up ($96,173, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sutter could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Sutter makes things: 55% of its jobs are in goods
343 jobs are based in Sutter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sutter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sutter, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 343. 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.
23% of working residents work in Yuba City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Sutter clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Sutter quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,342 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Sutter on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.25 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sutter workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,003 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.
Half of Sutter commutes less than 17 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Sutter start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sutter is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #836 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Sutter 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 1,093 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 0.0 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). 1.1% of Sutter households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sutter’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sutter is 2,550th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sutter, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,548 | Hartland VT | 3,398 | $86K | 8.5% | 5.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,549 | Fritz Creek AK | 2,383 | $90K | 7.9% | 4.2% | — | C+ |
| 2,550 | Sutter CA | 2,532 | $96K | 6.8% | 7.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,551 | Fairmont IL | 2,617 | $71K | 15.6% | 7.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,552 | Desert Aire WA | 2,788 | $86K | 7.8% | 4.5% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
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 Sutter: questions
What is the median household income in Sutter?
$96,173 (±$21,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sutter?
6.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sutter?
24 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sutter work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuba City (23%, 6 mi), Marysville (5%, 9 mi), Sacramento (5%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sutter walkable?
Sutter is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sutter 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 Sutter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sutter
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.