Most of Woodville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 144 jobs in Woodville, and 489 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Woodville is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Measured by household income, Woodville is behind 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Woodville stands out on work
Woodville is a place people come home to
There are 144 jobs based in Woodville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Woodville workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Woodville: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Woodville’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (14.5%) is left out: Woodville’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, Woodville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Woodville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Woodville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Woodville: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 605 commuters (the 1% 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 Woodville’s workers travel
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
12% of working residents work in Visalia
Where Woodville clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
71% of the jobs in Woodville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodville, 2014 → 2024: 72 → 144. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Woodville: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 613 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). 4.2% of Woodville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woodville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Woodville comes 4,888th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 22 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,886 | Garfield Township MI | 1,027 | $70K | 15.7% | 6.6% | <1% | D |
| 4,887 | Reading Township MI | 1,734 | $66K | 17.1% | 4.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,888 | Woodville CA | 1,460 | $55K | 19.2% | 14.5% | 4% | D |
| 4,889 | Mount Vernon AL | 1,385 | $46K | 17.8% | 2.7% | 5% | D |
| 4,890 | Dunsmuir CA | 1,587 | $58K | 11.4% | 9.8% | 18% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Woodville, 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 2024, 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 Woodville: questions
What is the median household income in Woodville?
$54,531 (±$19,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodville?
19.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Visalia (12%, 18 mi), Porterville (10%, 10 mi), Fresno (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Woodville walkable?
Woodville is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.