Work & commute · Coachella

Work & commute in Coachella, CA

Most working residents leave Coachella for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Indio (14%), Palm Desert (10%) and La Quinta (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,938 of 17,209 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 15,271 Coachella residents head out of town to work, 1,938 work right here, and 5,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coachella.

15,271live here, work elsewhere

1,938live and work here

5,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coachella goes to work

Indio6 mi away

14%2,341

Coachella (in town)right here

11%1,938

Palm Desert13.1 mi away

10%1,765

La Quinta8.2 mi away

7%1,170

Rancho Mirage17.2 mi away

4%659

Palm Springs24 mi away

4%658

Thousand Palms14.9 mi away

3%462

Thermal4.5 mi away

2%428

Los Angeles132.1 mi away

2%417

Riverside73.8 mi away

2%368

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%7,003

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

How far

How far Coachella commutes

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

44%

22%

31%

44%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coachella is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coachella are

6,987 jobs are based in Coachella. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coachella’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coachella

6,987 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Coachella residents hold

17,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+11%

Jobs based in Coachella, 2013 → 2023: 6,282 → 6,987. 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.