Weldon’s household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Weldon D−; getting around on foot earns it D. Below the poverty line: 28.9% of residents, next to 12.0% for California as a whole. For 39% of workers, the job is at home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Weldon, in a few figures
A lot of Weldon works from home
39% of Weldon workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Commutes from Weldon are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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; with 616 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Weldon’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Weldon is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Weldon’s grade.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Weldon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Weldon could be anywhere from D− to D.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Weldon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weldon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 427 commuters (the 39% 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.
Half of Weldon commutes less than 42 miles
About 41% 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.
A workday in Weldon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 576 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Weldon on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Mountain Mesa
Where Weldon clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
What the 215 jobs in Weldon are
215 jobs are based in Weldon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weldon, 2013 → 2023: 210 → 215. 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 Weldon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Weldon, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weldon is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 700 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 5.9% of Weldon households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weldon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weldon next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,390 | Jal NM | 2,178 | — | 32.0% | 18.8% | 44% | D− |
| 5,391 | Tiptonville TN | 3,333 | $23K | 38.4% | 7.0% | 22% | D− |
| 5,392 | Weldon CA | 2,493 | $35K | 28.9% | 4.2% | 6% | D− |
| 5,393 | Hayfork CA | 2,537 | $44K | 44.3% | 0.0% | 23% | D− |
| 5,394 | Clayton AL | 2,195 | $22K | 39.7% | 23.5% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Weldon, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Weldon and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weldon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon | – | D− | D | 18 min | $35,221 |
| Onyx | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Onyx: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weldon’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 Weldon: questions
What is the median household income in Weldon?
$35,221 (±$21,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weldon?
28.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weldon?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weldon work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Mesa (15%, 5 mi), Bakersfield (11%, 46 mi), Lake Isabella (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weldon walkable?
Weldon is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weldon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weldon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weldon
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.