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Work & commute · Edwards AFB

Work & commute in Edwards AFB, CA

Most working residents leave Edwards AFB for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (9%), Bakersfield (8%) and Lancaster (6%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
19 of 348 working residents
Typical commute
69 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
11 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 329 Edwards AFB residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edwards AFB.

329live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
703work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Edwards AFB goes to work

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1
Los Angeles67.1 mi away
9%31
2
Bakersfield70.3 mi away
8%27
3
Lancaster20.4 mi away
6%22
4
Edwards AFB (in town)right here
5%19
5
Fresno167 mi away
4%14
6
Palmdale23.9 mi away
3%12
7
San Diego150.4 mi away
3%9
8
Burbank54.3 mi away
2%6
9
Moreno Valley79 mi away
2%6
10
Santa Clarita47 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%197

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

How far

How far Edwards AFB commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
75%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Edwards AFB is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Edwards AFB are

722 jobs are based in Edwards AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edwards AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edwards AFB

722 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Edwards AFB residents hold

348 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+3%

Jobs based in Edwards AFB, 2013 → 2023: 702 → 722. 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.

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