Work & commute · Desert Edge

Work & commute in Desert Edge, CA

Most working residents leave Desert Edge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (12%), Palm Desert (9%) and Cathedral City (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,257 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,226 Desert Edge residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Desert Edge.

1,226live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Desert Edge goes to work

Palm Springs9.9 mi away

12%152

Palm Desert13.5 mi away

9%113

Cathedral City6.1 mi away

5%58

Desert Hot Springs6.3 mi away

5%58

San Diego85.1 mi away

4%52

Los Angeles113.1 mi away

4%47

Rancho Mirage11.1 mi away

4%46

Indio17.6 mi away

3%38

Desert Edge (in town)right here

2%31

Riverside54.6 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%633

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

How far

How far Desert Edge commutes

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

31%

20%

42%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Desert Edge is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Desert Edge are

105 jobs are based in Desert Edge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Desert Edge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Desert Edge

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Desert Edge residents hold

1,257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−36%

Jobs based in Desert Edge, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 105. 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.