Households in Vine Hill earn more than those in 86% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in San Francisco. Below the poverty line: 10.3% of residents (California 12.0%). Jobs and income earn Vine Hill B+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vine Hill at work: what stands out
Vine Hill trades workers with the towns around it
Vine Hill has about as many jobs (1,720) as working residents (1,820), but they are mostly different people: 1,794 residents leave for work each day while 1,694 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Vine Hill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Vine Hill pay over $40,000 a year
82% of the jobs based in Vine Hill pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Vine Hill makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Vine Hill are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vine Hill residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Vine Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Vine Hill went from 1,149 in 2013 to 1,720 in 2023, +50%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Vine Hill’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vine Hill is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #313 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Vine Hill’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vine Hill could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who works in Vine Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,794 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 1,694 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 53% of work in Vine Hill
1,720 jobs are based in Vine Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vine Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,149 → 1,720. 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 Vine Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
11% of working residents work in Martinez
Where Vine Hill clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Vine Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vine Hill workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,352 commuters (the 21% 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.
The distance from Vine Hill to work
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Vine Hill
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vine Hill is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #421 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.5% 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 1,704 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 1.7% of Vine Hill households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Vine Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Vine Hill ranks: 1,314th of 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,312 | Eatonville WA | 2,861 | $115K | 2.8% | 3.2% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,313 | Gasper Township OH | 3,888 | $86K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,314 | Vine Hill CA | 3,540 | $115K | 10.3% | 6.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,315 | Iona ID | 3,179 | $85K | 12.2% | 1.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,316 | Shiawassee Township MI | 2,726 | $78K | 10.1% | 1.6% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Vine Hill, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door is work for 11% of Vine Hill
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Martinez. Darker towns draw more of Vine Hill’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 Vine Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Vine Hill?
$115,313 (±$38,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vine Hill?
10.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vine Hill?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vine Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinez (11%, 2 mi), San Francisco (10%, 24 mi), Concord (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vine Hill walkable?
Vine Hill is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vine Hill without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vine Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vine Hill
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.