Work & commute · Heber

Work & commute in Heber, CA

Most working residents leave Heber for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are El Centro (26%), Calexico (10%) and Brawley (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

176 of 2,448 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,272 Heber residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 2,071 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heber.

2,272live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

2,071work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heber goes to work

El Centro4.1 mi away

26%631

Calexico3.9 mi away

10%236

Heber (in town)right here

7%176

Brawley17 mi away

5%122

Imperial7.8 mi away

5%118

San Diego92.7 mi away

4%109

Los Angeles188.5 mi away

2%47

Yuma, AZ60.3 mi away

2%42

Calipatria30.2 mi away

2%42

Holtville10.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%902

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

How far

How far Heber commutes

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

54%

11%

32%

54%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heber is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heber are

2,247 jobs are based in Heber. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heber’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heber

2,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Heber residents hold

2,448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+49%

Jobs based in Heber, 2013 → 2023: 1,504 → 2,247. 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.