Work & commute · Canyon Lake

Work & commute in Canyon Lake, CA

Most working residents leave Canyon Lake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Elsinore (6%), Temecula (5%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 4,882 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,699 Canyon Lake residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 1,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canyon Lake.

4,699live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

1,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canyon Lake goes to work

Lake Elsinore4.1 mi away

6%290

Temecula15.4 mi away

5%252

Los Angeles69.7 mi away

5%245

Riverside18.8 mi away

5%222

Canyon Lake (in town)right here

4%183

Menifee4.6 mi away

4%171

Murrieta9 mi away

3%170

Irvine29.2 mi away

3%154

Corona21.1 mi away

3%149

Anaheim30.7 mi away

3%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,912

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

How far

How far Canyon Lake commutes

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

19%

24%

35%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canyon Lake is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canyon Lake are

1,247 jobs are based in Canyon Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canyon Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canyon Lake

1,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Canyon Lake residents hold

4,882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+19%

Jobs based in Canyon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,044 → 1,247. 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.