Work & commute · Fort Irwin

Work & commute in Fort Irwin, CA

Most working residents leave Fort Irwin for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (7%), San Diego (5%) and Victorville (3%). Half commute less than 121 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

128 of 993 working residents

Typical commute

121 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 865 Fort Irwin residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 2,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Irwin.

865live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

2,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Irwin goes to work

Fort Irwin (in town)right here

13%128

Los Angeles129.8 mi away

7%70

San Diego168.9 mi away

5%45

Victorville62.6 mi away

3%27

San Bernardino84 mi away

2%19

Santa Ana124.8 mi away

2%16

Orange121.2 mi away

1%14

Ontario98.7 mi away

1%13

Bakersfield133 mi away

1%13

West Covina107.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%636

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

How far

How far Fort Irwin commutes

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

13%

84%

13%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

84%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Irwin is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Irwin are

2,297 jobs are based in Fort Irwin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Irwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Irwin

2,297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Fort Irwin residents hold

993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+26%

Jobs based in Fort Irwin, 2013 → 2023: 1,819 → 2,297. 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.