Tara Hills has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The two grades for Tara Hills are B for jobs and income and A for walkability. 451 jobs are based in Tara Hills; 2,243 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Tara Hills: the gist
Tara Hills is a place people come home to
There are 451 jobs based in Tara Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tara Hills has about 3,000 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tara Hills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Tara Hills gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tara Hills is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #356 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Tara Hills’ grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tara Hills could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who commutes out of Tara Hills, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,223 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 431 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Tara Hills on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 35 minutes to work from Tara Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tara Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,841 commuters (the 9% 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.
15% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Tara Hills clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
In Tara Hills, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tara Hills, 2013 → 2023: 500 → 451. 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 Tara Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tara Hills’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Tara Hills is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.9% 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 2,022 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 13.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 15.0% of Tara Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Tara Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Tara Hills is 1,418th of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,416 | Perth NY | 3,506 | $92K | 12.4% | 0.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,417 | Goshen Township OH | 5,496 | $65K | 7.9% | 1.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,418 | Tara Hills CA | 4,840 | $102K | 8.6% | 7.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,419 | Rosemont IL | 3,815 | $64K | 6.8% | 5.0% | 19% | B |
| 1,420 | Vicksburg MI | 3,973 | $73K | 4.9% | 4.0% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tara Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 11% of Tara Hills
The biggest share goes to Richmond (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tara Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tara Hills | – | B | A | 35 min | $101,747 |
| Pinole | 3% | A | A+ | 35 min | $127,717 |
| Richmond | 8% | B− | A+ | 34 min | $95,391 |
| Montalvin Manor | under 2% | B | A | 33 min | $79,542 |
| Bayview | under 2% | A | A | 30 min | $162,537 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tara Hills’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 Tara Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Tara Hills?
$101,747 (±$28,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tara Hills?
8.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tara Hills?
35 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tara Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (15%, 16 mi), Oakland (10%, 16 mi), Richmond (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tara Hills walkable?
Tara Hills is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tara Hills without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tara Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tara Hills
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.