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Work & commute in Barstow, CA

Most working residents leave Barstow for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (8%), Fort Irwin (5%) and Victorville (3%). Half commute less than 73 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
1,692 of 10,164 working residents
Typical commute
73 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,472 Barstow residents head out of town to work, 1,692 work right here, and 4,039 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barstow.

8,472live here, work elsewhere
1,692live and work here
4,039work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Barstow goes to work

BarstowFontanaHesperiaSan DiegoVictorvilleLos AngelesApple ValleyRiversideOntarioSan BernardinoAdelantoLenwoodFort IrwinLos AngelesFort IrwinVictorvilleSan BernardinoOntarioRiversideApple ValleySan DiegoHesperiaBarstow
1
Barstow (in town)right here
17%1,692
2
Los Angeles97.8 mi away
8%807
3
Fort Irwin33 mi away
5%478
4
Victorville29.6 mi away
3%266
5
San Bernardino52.4 mi away
2%241
6
Ontario66 mi away
2%172
7
Riverside67.4 mi away
2%165
8
Apple Valley25.2 mi away
2%155
9
San Diego141 mi away
1%135
10
Hesperia36.2 mi away
1%128
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%5,925

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

How far

How far Barstow commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
1%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
68%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Barstow is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barstow are

5,731 jobs are based in Barstow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barstow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barstow

5,731 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Barstow residents hold

10,164 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−3%

Jobs based in Barstow, 2013 → 2023: 5,890 → 5,731. 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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