Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Park works elsewhere
Home is the office for 8% of workers; California has 17%. 1,168 jobs are based in Walnut Park for 5,590 working residents. The two grades for Walnut Park are B− 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
What the numbers say about work in Walnut Park
Walnut Park and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Walnut Park residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Walnut Park come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Walnut Park’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Walnut Park is a place people come home to
There are 1,168 jobs based in Walnut Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Park has about 11,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Walnut Park residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. 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.
The figures behind Walnut Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walnut Park is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #532 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Walnut Park’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walnut Park could be anywhere from C+ to B.
32% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Walnut Park clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Getting to work from Walnut Park takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,841 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who works in Walnut Park, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,474 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Walnut Park 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.
Walnut Park’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Walnut Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Park, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 1,168. 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 Walnut Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walnut Park is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,344 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 59% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 22.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 10.1% of Walnut Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Walnut Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Walnut Park is 1,554th of 2,362 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 12 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,552 | Shawangunk NY | 13,609 | $110K | 35.9% | 4.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,553 | Mitchell SD | 15,756 | $59K | 12.5% | 1.0% | 60% | B− |
| 1,554 | Walnut Park CA | 14,958 | $80K | 17.1% | 7.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,555 | Yankton SD | 15,816 | $68K | 14.1% | 2.0% | 61% | B− |
| 1,556 | Hamilton Township OH | 10,413 | $79K | 17.0% | 6.3% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | 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 Walnut Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door to Walnut Park
The biggest share goes to Huntington Park (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Park | – | B− | A | 33 min | $80,331 |
| South Gate | 2% | B− | A | 33 min | $74,571 |
| Huntington Park | 3% | C | A+ | 32 min | $59,996 |
| Florence-Graham | under 2% | C | A+ | 33 min | $65,132 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walnut Park’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 Walnut Park: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Park?
$80,331 (±$7,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Park?
17.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Park?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (32%, 11 mi), Vernon (4%, 2 mi), Huntington Park (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Park walkable?
Walnut Park is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Park without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 59% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Park
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.