Work & commute · Colton

Work & commute in Colton, CA

Most working residents leave Colton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are San Bernardino (13%), Riverside (7%) and Ontario (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,435 of 22,730 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 21,295 Colton residents head out of town to work, 1,435 work right here, and 22,798 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colton.

21,295live here, work elsewhere

1,435live and work here

22,798work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colton goes to work

San Bernardino6.7 mi away

13%2,905

Riverside8.5 mi away

7%1,663

Colton (in town)right here

6%1,435

Ontario15.9 mi away

5%1,099

Rialto5.9 mi away

4%1,020

Los Angeles62 mi away

4%894

Fontana8.7 mi away

4%881

Loma Linda4.7 mi away

4%797

Redlands9.1 mi away

3%795

Rancho Cucamonga14.7 mi away

3%756

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%10,485

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

How far

How far Colton commutes

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

44%

24%

16%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colton are

24,233 jobs are based in Colton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colton

24,233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Colton residents hold

22,730 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+80%

Jobs based in Colton, 2013 → 2023: 13,467 → 24,233. 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.