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Work & commute · Baker

Work & commute in Baker, CA

Most working residents leave Baker for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (7%), Barstow (5%) and Victorville (3%). Half commute less than 122 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
7 of 137 working residents
Typical commute
122 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Baker residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baker.

130live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
270work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Baker goes to work

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1
Los Angeles158.8 mi away
7%10
2
Barstow61.5 mi away
5%7
3
Baker (in town)right here
5%7
4
Victorville89.2 mi away
3%4
5
Upland120.7 mi away
2%3
6
Orange144.8 mi away
2%3
7
San Diego179.4 mi away
2%3
8
Big Bear Lake85.3 mi away
1%2
9
Commerce147.7 mi away
1%2
10
Cerritos149.7 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
69%94

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Baker commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

6%Under 10 mi
0%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
88%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Baker is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Baker are

277 jobs are based in Baker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baker

277 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities49%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month54%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Baker residents hold

137 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month43%
−2%

Jobs based in Baker, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 277. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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