Work & commute · Inyokern

Work & commute in Inyokern, CA

Most working residents leave Inyokern for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgecrest (28%), Bakersfield (8%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 71 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

71 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 222 Inyokern residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inyokern.

222live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inyokern goes to work

Ridgecrest8.9 mi away

28%64

Bakersfield71.6 mi away

8%19

Los Angeles117.8 mi away

5%11

Santa Clarita93.8 mi away

3%6

Inyokern (in town)right here

3%6

Lancaster69.4 mi away

2%4

Palmdale75.2 mi away

2%4

Fresno135 mi away

2%4

Searles Valley25 mi away

2%4

Lone Pine65.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%102

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

How far

How far Inyokern commutes

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

33%

61%

33%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inyokern is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inyokern are

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

Jobs based in Inyokern

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Inyokern residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−5%

Jobs based in Inyokern, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 82. 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.