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Work & commute · Blythe

Work & commute in Blythe, CA

About one in 3 of Blythe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ehrenberg (5%), Los Angeles (4%) and Riverside (3%). Half commute less than 78 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
36%
2,138 of 5,981 working residents
Typical commute
78 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,843 Blythe residents head out of town to work, 2,138 work right here, and 2,660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blythe.

3,843live here, work elsewhere
2,138live and work here
2,660work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blythe goes to work

Lake Havasu CityYumaCalexicoEl CentroLa QuintaIndioBlytheCoachellaSan DiegoLos AngelesRiversideOntarioSan BernardinoIrvineEhrenbergRipleyMesa VerdeEhrenbergLos AngelesRiversideSan DiegoEl CentroSan BernardinoIrvineOntarioIndioBlythe
1
Blythe (in town)right here
36%2,138
2
Ehrenberg, AZ8.4 mi away
5%291
3
Los Angeles218.9 mi away
4%216
4
Riverside160.3 mi away
3%177
5
San Diego155.2 mi away
3%162
6
El Centro80.8 mi away
2%98
7
San Bernardino156.9 mi away
1%69
8
Irvine181.1 mi away
1%52
9
Ontario173.3 mi away
1%48
10
Indio92.9 mi away
1%46
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%2,684

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

How far

How far Blythe commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
52%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blythe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blythe are

4,798 jobs are based in Blythe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blythe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blythe

4,798 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Blythe residents hold

5,981 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−7%

Jobs based in Blythe, 2013 → 2023: 5,141 → 4,798. 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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