Photo: Steveozone · CC BY-SA 3.0Woodbridge has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 72% of U.S. towns. 548 jobs are based in Woodbridge for 1,586 working residents. Woodbridge grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Woodbridge: the gist
What’s behind Woodbridge’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Woodbridge is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #217 of 847 in California. Job access by car is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodbridge could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
21% of working residents work in Lodi
Where Woodbridge clocks in
21% of workers
17% 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.
Who works in Woodbridge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,537 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Woodbridge on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Jobs in Woodbridge: what the 548 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodbridge, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 548. 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 Woodbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodbridge workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,322 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.
How far it is to work from Woodbridge
About 20% 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.
For most of Woodbridge, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodbridge is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #721 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Woodbridge 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 1,660 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.4% of Woodbridge households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Woodbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Woodbridge ranks 998th of 4,112 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 996 | Darby Township OH | 3,388 | $93K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 3% | A− |
| 997 | Penn Township PA | 2,937 | $81K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 998 | Woodbridge CA | 4,144 | $94K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| 999 | Cannon Falls MN | 4,209 | $84K | 9.2% | 1.7% | 21% | A− |
| 1,000 | Carroll Valley PA | 4,051 | $93K | 6.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Woodbridge, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 21% of Woodbridge
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge | – | A− | C+ | 33 min | $93,854 |
| Lodi | 21% | B− | A− | 24 min | $88,530 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lodi. Darker towns draw more of Woodbridge’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 Woodbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Woodbridge?
$93,854 (±$24,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodbridge?
9.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodbridge?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodbridge work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lodi (21%, 4 mi), Stockton (17%, 14 mi), Sacramento (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodbridge walkable?
Woodbridge is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodbridge without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodbridge
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.