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Work & commute · Big Bear

Work & commute in Big Bear, CA

Most working residents leave Big Bear for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Big Bear Lake (20%), Los Angeles (11%) and San Bernardino (2%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
487 of 6,832 working residents
Typical commute
61 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,345 Big Bear residents head out of town to work, 487 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Bear.

6,345live here, work elsewhere
487live and work here
505work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Big Bear goes to work

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1
Big Bear Lake5.7 mi away
20%1,338
2
Los Angeles93.8 mi away
11%733
3
Big Bear City (in town)right here
7%487
4
San Bernardino29.6 mi away
2%140
5
San Diego100.1 mi away
2%123
6
Riverside40.6 mi away
2%110
7
Irvine68.6 mi away
1%92
8
Anaheim61.7 mi away
1%82
9
Long Beach85.2 mi away
1%75
10
Santa Ana71.8 mi away
1%69
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%3,583

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

How far

How far Big Bear commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
2%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
54%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Big Bear is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Bear are

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

Jobs based in Big Bear

992 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Big Bear residents hold

6,832 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+34%

Jobs based in Big Bear, 2013 → 2023: 742 → 992. 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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