Work & commute · Calexico

Work & commute in Calexico, CA

About one in 3 of Calexico’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are El Centro (16%), Brawley (5%) and San Diego (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

5,132 of 16,891 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,759 Calexico residents head out of town to work, 5,132 work right here, and 4,623 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calexico.

11,759live here, work elsewhere

5,132live and work here

4,623work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calexico goes to work

Calexico (in town)right here

30%5,132

El Centro8 mi away

16%2,694

Brawley20.4 mi away

5%824

San Diego95 mi away

4%626

Imperial11.5 mi away

3%573

Heber3.9 mi away

3%486

Los Angeles191.9 mi away

2%357

Yuma, AZ57.6 mi away

2%343

Calipatria33.4 mi away

1%144

Holtville11.2 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%5,602

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

How far

How far Calexico commutes

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

54%

15%

29%

54%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calexico is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calexico are

9,755 jobs are based in Calexico. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calexico’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calexico

9,755 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Calexico residents hold

16,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+25%

Jobs based in Calexico, 2013 → 2023: 7,787 → 9,755. 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.