Work & commute · Calimesa

Work & commute in Calimesa, CA

Most working residents leave Calimesa for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Bernardino (11%), Redlands (7%) and Yucaipa (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 4,237 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,079 Calimesa residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 1,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calimesa.

4,079live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

1,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calimesa goes to work

San Bernardino17.4 mi away

11%457

Redlands8.1 mi away

7%317

Yucaipa3.3 mi away

7%286

Riverside19.7 mi away

6%256

Loma Linda11.7 mi away

4%165

Calimesa (in town)right here

4%158

Los Angeles77.7 mi away

3%135

Beaumont9.1 mi away

3%122

Moreno Valley9.7 mi away

3%114

Colton16.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,134

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

How far

How far Calimesa commutes

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

21%

40%

15%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calimesa is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calimesa are

1,600 jobs are based in Calimesa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calimesa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calimesa

1,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Calimesa residents hold

4,237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+36%

Jobs based in Calimesa, 2013 → 2023: 1,177 → 1,600. 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.