Photo: Gorthian · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Woodacre’s
Jobs and income earn Woodacre B+; getting around on foot earns it A. Measured by household income, Woodacre is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents (California 12.0%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Woodacre, in brief
Where Woodacre’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Woodacre is better than 69% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Woodacre’s grade up ($231,953, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodacre could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Getting to work from Woodacre takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodacre workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 815 commuters (the 33% 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.
Woodacre on a workday afternoon
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Woodacre on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
14% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Woodacre clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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 work there is in Woodacre: 131 jobs
131 jobs are based in Woodacre.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodacre, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 131. 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 Woodacre’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Woodacre
About 17% 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.
In Woodacre, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodacre is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Woodacre near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,224 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 0.0% of Woodacre households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woodacre’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Woodacre ranks: 1,224th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,222 | Juniata Township PA | 1,562 | $92K | 2.0% | 1.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,223 | Knowlton WI | 2,003 | $93K | 6.3% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,224 | Woodacre CA | 1,627 | $232K | 9.0% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,225 | Minier IL | 1,138 | $89K | 6.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,226 | Kentucky Township KS | 1,546 | $87K | 6.3% | 2.7% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Woodacre, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Woodacre
The biggest share goes to San Geronimo (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodacre workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodacre | – | B+ | A | 25 min | $231,953 |
| San Geronimo | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. San Geronimo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodacre’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 Woodacre: questions
What is the median household income in Woodacre?
$231,953 (±$104,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodacre?
9.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodacre?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodacre work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (14%, 20 mi), San Rafael (10%, 7 mi), Fairfax (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodacre walkable?
Woodacre is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodacre without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodacre, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodacre
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.