Ash Mountain Entrance Sign · Photo: Brian C. Grogan · Public domainMost of Three Rivers commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Three Rivers report 344 jobs, against 719 working residents. For jobs and income Three Rivers is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten work in Three Rivers; the top destination outside it is Visalia (21%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Three Rivers at work: what stands out
Three Rivers’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Three Rivers is Visalia, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (149) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
Commutes from Three Rivers are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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; with 719 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Three Rivers’ grade
The poverty rate holds Three Rivers’ grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Three Rivers could be anywhere from C to B+.
How far Three Rivers goes to work
About 36% 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Three Rivers
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Three Rivers workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 823 commuters (the 17% 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 many people are in Three Rivers by day
On a workday 655 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Three Rivers on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
The towns that employ Three Rivers’ residents
Where Three Rivers clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Three Rivers
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Three Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 312 → 344. 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 Three Rivers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Three Rivers walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 995 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). 1.0% of Three Rivers households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Three Rivers’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Three Rivers ranks: 2,136th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 80 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,134 | McKean Township OH | 1,661 | $100K | 19.9% | 9.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,135 | Croyle Township PA | 2,275 | $60K | 6.8% | 2.7% | 5% | B− |
| 2,136 | Three Rivers CA | 2,282 | $86K | 5.7% | 3.2% | 9% | B− |
| 2,137 | Kealakekua HI | 1,919 | $103K | 7.2% | 1.0% | 17% | B− |
| 2,138 | Norco LA | 2,781 | $71K | 14.8% | 3.9% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Three Rivers, 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 Three Rivers: questions
What is the median household income in Three Rivers?
$85,695 (±$8,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Three Rivers?
5.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Three Rivers?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Three Rivers work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (21%, 26 mi), Fresno (7%, 56 mi), Bakersfield (4%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Three Rivers walkable?
Three Rivers is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Three Rivers without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Three Rivers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Three Rivers
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.