Taft Mosswood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 3.9 in Stockton. 253 jobs are based in Taft Mosswood for 593 working residents. Taft Mosswood grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Taft Mosswood in brief
Taft Mosswood and Stockton trade workers both ways
Stockton is the top workplace for Taft Mosswood residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Taft Mosswood come from (43% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Taft Mosswood workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Taft Mosswood workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 593 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Taft Mosswood
On income, poverty and job access, Taft Mosswood is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Taft Mosswood’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Taft Mosswood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Taft Mosswood could be anywhere from C− to A.
33% of working residents work in Stockton
Where Taft Mosswood clocks in
33% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 trip to work from Taft Mosswood: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taft Mosswood workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 431 commuters (the 3% 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.
Taft Mosswood on a workday afternoon
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Taft Mosswood on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
What Taft Mosswood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taft Mosswood, 2014 → 2024: 204 → 253. 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 Taft Mosswood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Taft Mosswood to work
About 26% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Taft Mosswood
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Taft Mosswood is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.1% 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 444 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 11.3% of Taft Mosswood households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taft Mosswood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Taft Mosswood comes 2,596th 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,594 | Walls MS | 1,420 | $59K | 16.2% | 1.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,595 | Lima WI | 1,279 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,596 | Taft Mosswood CA | 1,343 | $59K | 18.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,597 | Winfield MO | 1,660 | $76K | 18.0% | 2.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,598 | Vernon NY | 1,151 | $64K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Taft Mosswood, 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 Taft Mosswood: questions
What is the median household income in Taft Mosswood?
$59,297 (±$35,225) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taft Mosswood?
18.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taft Mosswood?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taft Mosswood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (33%, 5 mi), Tracy (6%, 16 mi), Manteca (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Taft Mosswood walkable?
Taft Mosswood is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taft Mosswood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taft Mosswood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taft Mosswood
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.