Work & commute · Lucerne Valley

Work & commute in Lucerne Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Lucerne Valley for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (10%), Victorville (5%) and Apple Valley (4%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 2,563 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 2,402 Lucerne Valley residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucerne Valley.

2,402live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucerne Valley goes to work

Los Angeles91 mi away

10%265

Lucerne Valley (in town)right here

6%161

Victorville26.4 mi away

5%117

Apple Valley18.6 mi away

4%96

Hesperia23.8 mi away

3%85

San Bernardino30.6 mi away

2%59

Riverside44.8 mi away

2%45

Ontario49 mi away

2%43

Big Bear Lake13.8 mi away

2%40

Long Beach85.7 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,616

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

How far

How far Lucerne Valley commutes

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

13%

20%

59%

7%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

59%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucerne Valley 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 Lucerne Valley are

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

Jobs based in Lucerne Valley

915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Lucerne Valley residents hold

2,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+118%

Jobs based in Lucerne Valley, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 915. 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.