Work & commute · Lake Riverside

Work & commute in Lake Riverside, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Riverside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Temecula (12%), Hemet (5%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 348 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

57 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 340 Lake Riverside residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Riverside.

340live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Riverside goes to work

Temecula18.7 mi away

12%42

Hemet18.3 mi away

5%19

Los Angeles98.1 mi away

5%18

Murrieta22.1 mi away

5%16

San Diego50.8 mi away

5%16

San Jacinto22.1 mi away

4%14

Anza7.3 mi away

3%10

Lake Riverside (in town)right here

2%8

Perris30.1 mi away

2%7

Riverside44.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%191

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

How far

How far Lake Riverside commutes

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

36%

20%

37%

8%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Riverside is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Riverside are

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

Jobs based in Lake Riverside

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lake Riverside residents hold

348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+233%

Jobs based in Lake Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 50. 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.