Work & commute · China Lake Acres

Work & commute in China Lake Acres, CA

Most working residents leave China Lake Acres for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgecrest (43%), Los Angeles (5%) and Bakersfield (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 511 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 China Lake Acres residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in China Lake Acres.

508live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where China Lake Acres goes to work

Ridgecrest5.8 mi away

43%221

Los Angeles117.8 mi away

5%24

Bakersfield74.2 mi away

5%23

Searles Valley22.6 mi away

2%12

Redondo Beach128.8 mi away

1%7

Santa Clarita94.2 mi away

1%7

El Segundo125.2 mi away

1%5

San Diego197.6 mi away

1%5

Anaheim123.3 mi away

1%5

Fresno138 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%197

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

How far

How far China Lake Acres commutes

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

48%

46%

48%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

China Lake Acres is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in China Lake Acres are

54 jobs are based in China Lake Acres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs China Lake Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in China Lake Acres

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs China Lake Acres residents hold

511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+50%

Jobs based in China Lake Acres, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 54. 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.