Work & commute · Hesperia

Work & commute in Hesperia, CA

Most working residents leave Hesperia for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Victorville (10%), San Bernardino (7%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,316 of 36,566 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 32,250 Hesperia residents head out of town to work, 4,316 work right here, and 11,436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hesperia.

32,250live here, work elsewhere

4,316live and work here

11,436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hesperia goes to work

Hesperia (in town)right here

12%4,316

Victorville9.3 mi away

10%3,517

San Bernardino17.7 mi away

7%2,736

Los Angeles67.8 mi away

5%1,867

Apple Valley11.2 mi away

4%1,583

Ontario29.9 mi away

4%1,421

Rancho Cucamonga23.3 mi away

3%975

Riverside32 mi away

3%968

Fontana21.6 mi away

2%781

Rialto19.8 mi away

2%771

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%17,631

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

How far

How far Hesperia commutes

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

25%

18%

28%

29%

25%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hesperia is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hesperia are

15,752 jobs are based in Hesperia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hesperia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hesperia

15,752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hesperia residents hold

36,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+46%

Jobs based in Hesperia, 2013 → 2023: 10,811 → 15,752. 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.