Work & commute · Homestead Valley

Work & commute in Homestead Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Homestead Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (8%), Yucca Valley (4%) and Palm Springs (2%). Half commute less than 87 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,467 working residents

Typical commute

87 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,429 Homestead Valley residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homestead Valley.

1,429live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homestead Valley goes to work

Los Angeles115.5 mi away

8%124

Yucca Valley10.3 mi away

4%63

Homestead Valley (in town)right here

3%38

Palm Springs33.2 mi away

2%34

Riverside60.6 mi away

2%32

Anaheim82.2 mi away

2%29

San Diego107.7 mi away

2%27

Irvine87.9 mi away

2%25

Palm Desert37.1 mi away

2%23

San Bernardino51.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,052

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

How far

How far Homestead Valley commutes

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

13%

75%

5%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

75%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homestead Valley is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homestead Valley are

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

Jobs based in Homestead Valley

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Homestead Valley residents hold

1,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+13%

Jobs based in Homestead Valley, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 162. 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.