Work & commute · Borrego Springs

Work & commute in Borrego Springs, CA

About one in 4 of Borrego Springs’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are San Diego (16%), Los Angeles (3%) and Carlsbad (2%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

239 of 884 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 645 Borrego Springs residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Borrego Springs.

645live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Borrego Springs goes to work

Borrego Springs (in town)right here

27%239

San Diego52.6 mi away

16%139

Los Angeles129.8 mi away

3%24

Carlsbad54.3 mi away

2%21

Escondido42.1 mi away

2%20

Julian17.7 mi away

2%18

San Marcos47.6 mi away

2%15

Chula Vista57 mi away

2%15

Oceanside54.9 mi away

1%12

El Cajon46.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%370

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

How far

How far Borrego Springs commutes

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

30%

18%

47%

30%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Borrego Springs is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Borrego Springs are

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

Jobs based in Borrego Springs

629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Borrego Springs residents hold

884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Borrego Springs, 2013 → 2023: 696 → 629. 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.