Work & commute · Brawley

Work & commute in Brawley, CA

About one in 4 of Brawley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are El Centro (13%), Calipatria (5%) and San Diego (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

2,792 of 10,651 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,859 Brawley residents head out of town to work, 2,792 work right here, and 4,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brawley.

7,859live here, work elsewhere

2,792live and work here

4,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brawley goes to work

Brawley (in town)right here

26%2,792

El Centro13.4 mi away

13%1,418

Calipatria13.4 mi away

5%502

San Diego92.9 mi away

5%501

Imperial10 mi away

4%467

Calexico20.4 mi away

4%418

Los Angeles181 mi away

2%251

Yuma, AZ66.6 mi away

1%147

Westmorland6.9 mi away

1%105

Heber17 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%3,960

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

How far

How far Brawley commutes

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

35%

31%

33%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brawley is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brawley are

6,877 jobs are based in Brawley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brawley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brawley

6,877 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Brawley residents hold

10,651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−8%

Jobs based in Brawley, 2013 → 2023: 7,442 → 6,877. 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.