Work & commute · Calipatria

Work & commute in Calipatria, CA

Most working residents leave Calipatria for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (8%), Brawley (6%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 98 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 1,348 working residents

Typical commute

98 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,275 Calipatria residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,712 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calipatria.

1,275live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,712work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calipatria goes to work

San Diego97.6 mi away

8%109

Brawley13.4 mi away

6%78

Los Angeles178.3 mi away

6%76

Calipatria (in town)right here

5%73

El Centro26.8 mi away

5%70

Calexico33.4 mi away

3%34

Imperial23.3 mi away

2%24

Chula Vista96.3 mi away

2%24

Yuma, AZ71.8 mi away

2%22

Riverside122 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%819

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

How far

How far Calipatria commutes

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

13%

11%

69%

13%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

69%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calipatria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Calipatria are

1,785 jobs are based in Calipatria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calipatria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calipatria

1,785 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Calipatria residents hold

1,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Calipatria, 2013 → 2023: 2,088 → 1,785. 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.