Household incomes in Walnut top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. 10.1% of residents are in poverty, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Walnut 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
The commute and the jobs: Walnut in brief
Walnut’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Walnut is Los Angeles, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (1,630) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Walnut draws workers from far and wide
The 9,015 jobs in Walnut are filled from a wide area. Walnut’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Walnut workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Walnut’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Walnut is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #116 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Walnut’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walnut could be anywhere from A− to A.
The commute from Walnut, 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 Walnut clocks in
6% 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.
Commuting from Walnut: about 34 minutes a trip
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 workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,917 commuters (the 20% 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 commute in and out of Walnut
On a workday 10,499 residents head out to work, 859 work right here, and 8,156 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 (0.79 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.
The kinds of work in Walnut
9,015 jobs are based in Walnut.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut, 2013 → 2023: 7,694 → 9,015. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Walnut, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #328 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.6% 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 12,344 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 88% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 3.1% of Walnut households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Walnut’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walnut next to U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000: 378th of 1,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Glen Ellyn IL | 28,750 | $141K | 6.3% | 5.3% | 8% | A |
| 377 | Guilford CT | 22,322 | $138K | 2.8% | 4.9% | 15% | A |
| 378 | Walnut CA | 27,316 | $129K | 10.1% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| 379 | San Juan Capistrano CA | 35,119 | $129K | 8.3% | 3.6% | 10% | A |
| 380 | Lake St. Louis MO | 19,129 | $126K | 4.3% | 4.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 11% of Walnut’s workers
The biggest share goes to Industry (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut | – | A | A | 34 min | $129,449 |
| West Covina | 2% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $101,065 |
| Industry | 6% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Pomona | 3% | B− | A | 32 min | $79,479 |
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 Walnut’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: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut?
$129,449 (±$13,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut?
10.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (14%, 32 mi), Industry (6%, 5 mi), Pomona (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut walkable?
Walnut is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut
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.