Photo: Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning · Public domainVincent has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Vincent report 593 jobs for 6,558 working residents. Vincent grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Vincent stands out on work
Vincent is a place people come home to
There are 593 jobs based in Vincent, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vincent has about 9,400 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Vincent’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vincent is Los Angeles, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (906) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Vincent
61% of Vincent residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Vincent pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Vincent
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vincent is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #235 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Vincent’s grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vincent could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Vincent
On a workday 6,489 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Vincent on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Vincent
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.
What Vincent’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vincent, 2013 → 2023: 481 → 593. 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 Vincent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Vincent clocks in
5% 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.
Vincent’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vincent workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,551 commuters (the 14% 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: Vincent
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vincent is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #351 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% 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 7,598 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 4.5% of Vincent households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Vincent’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vincent next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000: 849th of 2,109 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 847 | Comstock Township MI | 15,512 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 848 | Hamilton Township PA | 11,759 | $100K | 3.7% | 4.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 849 | Vincent CA | 15,340 | $100K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 850 | Streetsboro OH | 17,730 | $90K | 5.6% | 5.1% | 12% | B+ |
| 851 | Geddes NY | 16,579 | $77K | 4.6% | 4.2% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | 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 Vincent, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Vincent’s workers
The biggest share goes to Covina (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vincent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | – | B+ | A− | 31 min | $100,443 |
| Azusa | 3% | B | A+ | 30 min | $90,721 |
| Covina | 5% | B+ | A | 31 min | $98,671 |
| West Covina | 4% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $101,065 |
| Irwindale | 2% | A+ | A | 27 min | $114,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vincent’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 Vincent: questions
What is the median household income in Vincent?
$100,443 (±$5,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vincent?
6.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vincent?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vincent work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (14%, 28 mi), Covina (5%, 2 mi), West Covina (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vincent walkable?
Vincent is more walkable than 84% 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 Vincent without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vincent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vincent
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.