Work & commute · Hemet

Work & commute in Hemet, CA

Most working residents leave Hemet for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are San Jacinto (5%), Riverside (5%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,075 of 32,777 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,702 Hemet residents head out of town to work, 4,075 work right here, and 14,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hemet.

28,702live here, work elsewhere

4,075live and work here

14,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hemet goes to work

Hemet (in town)right here

12%4,075

San Jacinto4.5 mi away

5%1,798

Riverside26.8 mi away

5%1,739

Los Angeles83.5 mi away

5%1,591

Moreno Valley17.7 mi away

5%1,580

Temecula18.5 mi away

4%1,338

San Bernardino32.9 mi away

3%1,001

Murrieta15.8 mi away

2%816

Perris13.5 mi away

2%796

San Diego62.8 mi away

2%736

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%17,307

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

How far

How far Hemet commutes

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

21%

24%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hemet is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hemet are

18,737 jobs are based in Hemet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hemet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hemet

18,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hemet residents hold

32,777 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Hemet, 2013 → 2023: 17,089 → 18,737. 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.