Work & commute · Lake Arrowhead

Work & commute in Lake Arrowhead, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Arrowhead for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (7%), San Bernardino (6%) and Riverside (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

520 of 3,145 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,625 Lake Arrowhead residents head out of town to work, 520 work right here, and 2,268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Arrowhead.

2,625live here, work elsewhere

520live and work here

2,268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Arrowhead goes to work

Lake Arrowhead (in town)right here

17%520

Los Angeles72.3 mi away

7%209

San Bernardino10.3 mi away

6%179

Riverside25.1 mi away

3%109

Redlands13.9 mi away

2%66

San Diego98.4 mi away

2%52

Ontario28.7 mi away

2%52

Fontana19.1 mi away

2%50

Irvine52.3 mi away

2%50

Rancho Cucamonga23.8 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,809

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

How far

How far Lake Arrowhead commutes

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

22%

18%

37%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Arrowhead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Arrowhead are

2,788 jobs are based in Lake Arrowhead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Arrowhead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Arrowhead

2,788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lake Arrowhead residents hold

3,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in Lake Arrowhead, 2013 → 2023: 2,652 → 2,788. 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.