Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Talmage are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 23.0% of residents, against 12.0% across California. For jobs and income Talmage is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). Hardly any work in Talmage itself; outside it, Ukiah draws the most (31%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Talmage
Talmage and Ukiah trade workers both ways
Ukiah is the top workplace for Talmage residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Talmage come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Talmage are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Talmage’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Talmage’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,647, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Talmage’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, Talmage could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Where Talmage goes to work
Where Talmage clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
From Talmage, about 14 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talmage workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 327 commuters (the 16% 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.
Talmage’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
Who commutes out of Talmage, and who commutes in
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 361 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 (1.23 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Talmage
363 jobs are based in Talmage.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Talmage, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 363. 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 Talmage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Talmage commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 21.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 391 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). 3.7% of Talmage households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Talmage’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Talmage comes 3,219th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,217 | Otego Township IL | 1,382 | $54K | 18.2% | 3.0% | 6% | D |
| 3,218 | Bethel Township MI | 1,466 | $63K | 28.7% | 2.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,219 | Talmage CA | 1,128 | $45K | 23.0% | 6.5% | 1% | D |
| 3,220 | Brilliant OH | 1,213 | $44K | 16.2% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,221 | Republic WA | 1,016 | $60K | 16.4% | 17.0% | 42% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Talmage, 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 Talmage: questions
What is the median household income in Talmage?
$44,647 (±$17,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talmage?
23.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talmage?
14 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Talmage work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ukiah (31%, 2 mi), Santa Rosa (5%, 53 mi), Willits (2%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Talmage walkable?
Talmage is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Talmage without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Talmage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talmage
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.