Work & commute · Garnet

Work & commute in Garnet, CA

Most working residents leave Garnet for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (15%), Palm Desert (9%) and Desert Hot Springs (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 2,551 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,503 Garnet residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garnet.

2,503live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garnet goes to work

Palm Springs8.6 mi away

15%389

Palm Desert14.1 mi away

9%237

Desert Hot Springs4.5 mi away

8%216

Rancho Mirage11.1 mi away

6%151

Cathedral City5.8 mi away

5%130

Los Angeles110.9 mi away

4%98

Indio19 mi away

3%85

Thousand Palms10.1 mi away

3%81

San Diego83.8 mi away

2%60

Riverside52.4 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,054

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

How far

How far Garnet commutes

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

34%

26%

32%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garnet is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garnet are

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

Jobs based in Garnet

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Garnet residents hold

2,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+98%

Jobs based in Garnet, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 433. 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.