Valinda has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 17.5 in Los Angeles. 1,081 jobs are based in Valinda; 9,632 of its residents have a job. Valinda grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Valinda: the gist
Valinda is a place people come home to
There are 1,081 jobs based in Valinda, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Valinda has about 12,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Valinda’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Valinda is Los Angeles, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,360) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
Inside Valinda’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Valinda is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #155 of 847 in California. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Valinda could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in Valinda: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9,466 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 915 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Valinda on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 commute from Valinda, by distance
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.
14% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Valinda clocks in
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.
What Valinda’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valinda, 2013 → 2023: 986 → 1,081. 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 Valinda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Valinda’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valinda workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,560 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Valinda
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Valinda is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #341 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,316 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 41% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 3.0% of Valinda households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Valinda’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,705 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 28,000, Valinda comes 540th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 48 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 112 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 538 | Prospect Heights IL | 15,552 | $85K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 3% | A− |
| 539 | Texas Township MI | 18,864 | $147K | 2.5% | 5.4% | 5% | A− |
| 540 | Valinda CA | 20,962 | $100K | 8.1% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 541 | East Lyme CT | 19,223 | $105K | 5.5% | 3.2% | 15% | A− |
| 542 | O'Fallon Township IL | 26,976 | $100K | 7.4% | 3.5% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,705 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Valinda, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 11% of Valinda
The biggest share goes to Industry (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valinda workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valinda | – | A− | A− | 30 min | $100,165 |
| West Covina | 4% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $101,065 |
| La Puente | under 2% | B | A | 31 min | $86,602 |
| Industry | 7% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Industry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Valinda’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 Valinda: questions
What is the median household income in Valinda?
$100,165 (±$9,550) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valinda?
8.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valinda?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valinda work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (14%, 28 mi), Industry (7%, 1 mi), West Covina (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valinda walkable?
Valinda is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valinda without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 41% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valinda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valinda
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.