Work & commute · Holtville

Work & commute in Holtville, CA

Most working residents leave Holtville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are El Centro (17%), Calexico (7%) and Brawley (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

386 of 2,348 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,962 Holtville residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 743 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holtville.

1,962live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

743work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holtville goes to work

El Centro10.7 mi away

17%402

Holtville (in town)right here

16%386

Calexico11.2 mi away

7%161

Brawley14.3 mi away

5%110

San Diego101.2 mi away

4%96

Imperial11.4 mi away

4%95

Yuma, AZ53.8 mi away

3%60

Los Angeles193.7 mi away

2%49

Calipatria25.3 mi away

1%32

Heber10.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%929

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

How far

How far Holtville commutes

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

28%

37%

33%

28%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holtville is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holtville are

1,129 jobs are based in Holtville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holtville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holtville

1,129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Holtville residents hold

2,348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+31%

Jobs based in Holtville, 2013 → 2023: 865 → 1,129. 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.