With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Wallace works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Wallace itself; outside it, Stockton draws the most (10%, 24 miles). 28 jobs are based in Wallace; 239 of its residents have a job. 32% of workers work from home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wallace: the figures worth knowing
Wallace workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 58 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 445 hours of commuting, 222 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wallace is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Wallace, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wallace has about 500 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 58 minutes to work from Wallace
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallace workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 255 commuters (the 32% 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 daily flow of workers through Wallace
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Wallace on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Wallace, by distance
About 39% 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.
The places Wallace commutes to
Where Wallace clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Wallace works in goods: 39% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallace, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 28. 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 Wallace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Wallace: questions
What is the median household income in Wallace?
$143,650 (±$86,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallace?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallace?
58 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallace work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stockton (10%, 24 mi), Sacramento (5%, 37 mi), San Jose (5%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wallace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wallace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallace
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.