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Jobs & commute in Terminous

Terminous has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each

Hardly any stay in Terminous for work; outside it, Lodi is the main destination (9%, 11 miles). 58 jobs are based in Terminous for 141 working residents. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Terminous on a workday

On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.

140live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
57work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night370
Workday280
370live here− 140head out to work+ 57come in to work= 280on a workday

About 280 people are in Terminous on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.41jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Terminous goes to work

Bell GardensRiverbankRipon: 3 residents work here (2%)Galt: 3 residents work here (2%)Lodi: 12 residents work here (9%)BrentwoodOrangeElk Grove: 5 residents work here (4%)Tracy: 5 residents work here (4%)Livermore: 4 residents work here (3%)Fremont: 4 residents work here (3%)San Francisco: 6 residents work here (4%)Sacramento: 7 residents work here (5%)Stockton: 12 residents work here (9%)TerminousThorntonGarden AcresMoradaLodiStocktonSacramentoSan FranciscoElk GroveTracyTerminous
1
Lodi10.8 mi away
9%12
2
Stockton13.7 mi away
9%12
3
Sacramento31.3 mi away
5%7
4
San Francisco56.2 mi away
4%6
5
Elk Grove21.4 mi away
4%5
6
Tracy26.9 mi away
4%5
7
Livermore33.1 mi away
3%4
8
Fremont49.5 mi away
3%4
9
Ripon32.4 mi away
2%3
10
Galt14.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%80
The top trips

Where Terminous clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in TerminousJobs Terminous residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities14%30%
Services: health, schools, offices86%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%27%
Over $3,333 a month34%64%

Who does it

29 or younger33%18%
30 to 5438%52%
55 and older29%30%
+23%

Jobs based in Terminous, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 58. 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 Terminous’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way for Terminous’ commuters

A year of commuting
248 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Terminous32 min
California29 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Terminous workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Terminous gets to work
76%Drive alone
24%Carpool

Share of the 130 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Terminous

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miLodi: 9% · 10.8 miStockton: 9% · 13.7 miSacramento: 5% · 31.3 miSan Francisco: 4% · 56.2 miElk Grove: 4% · 21.4 miTracy: 4% · 26.9 miLivermore: 3% · 33.1 miFremont: 3% · 49.5 miRipon: 2% · 32.4 miGalt: 2% · 14.8 miLodi 9%Stockton 9%Sacramento 5%San Francisco 4%Elk Grove 4%Terminous
TerminousTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi12 residents
35%10–24 mi49 residents
33%25–50 mi46 residents
24%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 24% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Terminous: questions

What is the median household income in Terminous?

$75,724 (±$18,176) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Terminous?

1.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Terminous?

32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Terminous work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lodi (9%, 11 mi), Stockton (9%, 14 mi), Sacramento (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Terminous without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Terminous, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Terminous

Terminous home →

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.