Photo: Ponderosapine210 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Val Verde have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.0% across California. The two grades for Val Verde are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Val Verde, in brief
Val Verde’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Val Verde is Los Angeles, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (383) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Val Verde is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Val Verde, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Val Verde has about 2,000 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Val Verde’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Val Verde is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #188 of 847 in California. Household income holds Val Verde’s grade up ($135,917, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Val Verde could be anywhere from B to A+.
Short hops and long hauls from Val Verde
About 18% 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.
Val Verde quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,423 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Val Verde on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
27% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Val Verde clocks in
15% 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.
Jobs in Val Verde: what the 99 are
99 jobs are based in Val Verde.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Val Verde, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 99. 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 Val Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, about the CA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Val Verde workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,370 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Val Verde, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Val Verde is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #762 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Val Verde 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 1,479 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). 0.5% of Val Verde households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Val Verde’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Val Verde comes 840th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 41 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 838 | Seymour WI | 3,628 | $81K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| 839 | Hanover Township MI | 3,708 | $81K | 4.6% | 0.2% | 6% | A− |
| 840 | Val Verde CA | 3,291 | $136K | 5.7% | 5.4% | <1% | A− |
| 841 | Dublin PA | 2,436 | $88K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| 842 | Ensley Township MI | 2,723 | $76K | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Val Verde, the top three, the last and three more from California.
How Val Verde compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Val Verde workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde | – | A− | C | 29 min | $135,917 |
| Hasley Canyon | under 1% | A− | D | 40 min | $144,712 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Val Verde’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 Val Verde: questions
What is the median household income in Val Verde?
$135,917 (±$24,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Val Verde?
5.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Val Verde?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Val Verde work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (27%, 33 mi), Santa Clarita (15%, 10 mi), Burbank (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Val Verde walkable?
Val Verde is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Val Verde without a car?
1% 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 Val Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Val Verde
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.