Toro Canyon’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 86% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 27 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Toro Canyon; the top destination outside it is Santa Barbara (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Toro Canyon
Toro Canyon is where the jobs are
Toro Canyon has 1,078 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Toro Canyon makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Toro Canyon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Toro Canyon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 561 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Toro Canyon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Toro Canyon is better than 86% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($140,743, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Toro Canyon’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, Toro Canyon could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Toro Canyon fills up on a workday
On a workday 533 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Toro Canyon on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Toro Canyon makes things: 56% of its jobs are in goods
1,078 jobs are based in Toro Canyon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toro Canyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toro Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 1,106 → 1,078. 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.
Half of Toro Canyon commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
Where Toro Canyon’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Toro Canyon clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toro Canyon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 400 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Most trips from Toro Canyon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Toro Canyon is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 514 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 0.0 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). 6.1% of Toro Canyon households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Toro Canyon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Toro Canyon is 432nd of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Toro Canyon, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 430 | New Haven Township MN | 1,259 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.7% | <1% | A |
| 431 | Munson Township MN | 1,491 | $121K | 2.5% | 6.8% | 1% | A |
| 432 | Toro Canyon CA | 1,477 | $141K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5% | A |
| 433 | Orchard Grass Hills KY | 1,623 | $107K | 7.4% | 3.1% | <1% | A |
| 434 | Arlington NE | 1,329 | $94K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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.
17% of Toro Canyon works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Carpinteria (11%). Darker towns draw more of Toro Canyon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toro Canyon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toro Canyon | – | A | B+ | 27 min | $140,743 |
| Summerland | 3% | B | C+ | 21 min | $95,694 |
| Montecito | 3% | A− | A− | 18 min | $231,005 |
| Carpinteria | 11% | A− | A | 25 min | $100,658 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Toro Canyon: questions
What is the median household income in Toro Canyon?
$140,743 (±$19,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toro Canyon?
6.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toro Canyon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toro Canyon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Santa Barbara (22%, 9 mi), Carpinteria (11%, 4 mi), Goleta (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Toro Canyon walkable?
Toro Canyon is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Toro Canyon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toro Canyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toro Canyon
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.