Work & commute · French Valley

Work & commute in French Valley, CA

Most working residents leave French Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Temecula (15%), San Diego (8%) and Murrieta (8%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

498 of 13,533 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,035 French Valley residents head out of town to work, 498 work right here, and 3,257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Valley.

13,035live here, work elsewhere

498live and work here

3,257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where French Valley goes to work

Temecula7.5 mi away

15%2,001

San Diego53.1 mi away

8%1,085

Murrieta5.2 mi away

8%1,057

French Valley (in town)right here

4%498

Los Angeles80.3 mi away

3%460

Riverside28.6 mi away

3%441

Menifee7.7 mi away

3%350

Hemet11.2 mi away

2%279

Irvine38.6 mi away

2%247

Moreno Valley23.1 mi away

2%217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,898

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

How far

How far French Valley commutes

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

33%

11%

30%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

French Valley is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in French Valley are

3,755 jobs are based in French Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs French Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in French Valley

3,755 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs French Valley residents hold

13,533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+162%

Jobs based in French Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,434 → 3,755. 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.