Work & commute · Lake Mathews

Work & commute in Lake Mathews, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Mathews for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Riverside (15%), Corona (5%) and Irvine (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 2,784 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,748 Lake Mathews residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Mathews.

2,748live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Mathews goes to work

Riverside7.9 mi away

15%421

Corona11.6 mi away

5%151

Irvine25.3 mi away

4%109

Los Angeles61.3 mi away

4%107

Ontario20 mi away

4%103

Moreno Valley11.5 mi away

3%93

San Bernardino22.2 mi away

3%82

Anaheim22.5 mi away

3%77

Santa Ana30.2 mi away

2%58

Fontana20.4 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,533

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

How far

How far Lake Mathews commutes

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

23%

36%

25%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Mathews is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Mathews are

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

Jobs based in Lake Mathews

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lake Mathews residents hold

2,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+92%

Jobs based in Lake Mathews, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 371. 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.