Photo: T71024 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Wheatland commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Wheatland report 682 jobs, and 1,516 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Wheatland are C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 6% work in Wheatland itself; outside it, Sacramento draws the most (9%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wheatland apart on work
Wheatland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wheatland went from 410 in 2013 to 682 in 2023, +66%. The jobs ↓
Wheatland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wheatland is Sacramento, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (141) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Wheatland’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wheatland is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #604 of 847 in California. Household income holds Wheatland’s grade up ($83,452, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wheatland could be anywhere from D to A−.
Wheatland is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 682. 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 Wheatland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wheatland
About 21% 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 daily commute in and out of Wheatland
On a workday 1,421 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 587 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Wheatland on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where Wheatland’s working residents head each day
Where Wheatland clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Wheatland takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatland workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,344 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most of Wheatland commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wheatland is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #631 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 1,532 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 71% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 71% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 7.0% of Wheatland households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wheatland’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wheatland ranks: 2,671st of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,669 | Salem Township OH | 4,958 | $61K | 12.8% | 4.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,670 | New Hope AL | 3,054 | $84K | 13.1% | 6.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,671 | Wheatland CA | 4,267 | $83K | 11.2% | 6.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,672 | Center Township IN | 5,135 | $59K | 16.8% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,673 | Springfield Township PA | 3,002 | $76K | 13.3% | 4.9% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Wheatland, the top three, the last and three more from California.
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 Wheatland: questions
What is the median household income in Wheatland?
$83,452 (±$21,311) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheatland?
11.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatland?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatland work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (9%, 32 mi), Roseville (9%, 18 mi), Yuba City (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wheatland walkable?
Wheatland is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheatland without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 71% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheatland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatland
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.