Work & commute · Indio

Work & commute in Indio, CA

Most working residents leave Indio for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Desert (11%), La Quinta (8%) and Rancho Mirage (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

5,563 of 34,101 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 28,538 Indio residents head out of town to work, 5,563 work right here, and 14,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indio.

28,538live here, work elsewhere

5,563live and work here

14,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indio goes to work

Indio (in town)right here

16%5,563

Palm Desert7.4 mi away

11%3,872

La Quinta6.8 mi away

8%2,738

Rancho Mirage11.3 mi away

5%1,867

Palm Springs18.1 mi away

5%1,630

Coachella6 mi away

4%1,491

Los Angeles126.3 mi away

3%1,007

Thousand Palms8.9 mi away

3%904

Cathedral City14.9 mi away

2%766

Riverside67.9 mi away

2%758

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%13,505

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

How far

How far Indio commutes

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

48%

16%

35%

48%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indio is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Indio are

19,637 jobs are based in Indio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indio

19,637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Indio residents hold

34,101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+49%

Jobs based in Indio, 2013 → 2023: 13,142 → 19,637. 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.