Households in Teviston earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
39.1% of residents are in poverty; California has 12.0%. Jobs and income earn Teviston D−; getting around on foot earns it D−. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Teviston, in brief
Teviston makes and builds things
96% of the jobs based in Teviston are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Teviston residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Teviston
49% of Teviston residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 15% of the jobs based in Teviston pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Teviston pay little
38% of the jobs based in Teviston pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Teviston
On income, poverty and job access, Teviston is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Teviston’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (30.2%) is left out: Teviston’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, Teviston could be anywhere from D− to D.
Teviston makes things: 96% of its jobs are in goods
358 jobs are based in Teviston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Teviston, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 358. 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 Teviston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Teviston by day
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 352 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 (1.24 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.
8% of working residents work in Pixley
Where Teviston clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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 Teviston, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Teviston workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 0% 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 Teviston goes to work
About 31% 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.
Few in Teviston walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Teviston is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Teviston 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 213 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). 0.0% of Teviston households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Teviston’s commuters take a bus or train.
Teviston and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,002 | Ames TX | 1,282 | $36K | 25.4% | 7.4% | <1% | D− |
| 4,003 | Johnson VT | 1,326 | $49K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 2% | D− |
| 4,004 | Teviston CA | 1,182 | $38K | 39.1% | 30.2% | 2% | D− |
| 4,005 | Town Creek AL | 1,067 | $43K | 27.9% | 7.7% | 2% | D− |
| 4,006 | Montague CA | 1,157 | $60K | 26.5% | 9.0% | 6% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Teviston, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Around Teviston: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Teviston’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 Teviston: questions
What is the median household income in Teviston?
$38,447 (±$23,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Teviston?
39.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Teviston?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Teviston work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pixley (8%, 4 mi), Visalia (7%, 28 mi), Fresno (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Teviston walkable?
Teviston is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Teviston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Teviston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Teviston
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.