Work & commute · Menifee

Work & commute in Menifee, CA

Most working residents leave Menifee for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Temecula (8%), San Diego (8%) and Murrieta (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,184 of 39,803 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36,619 Menifee residents head out of town to work, 3,184 work right here, and 12,695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menifee.

36,619live here, work elsewhere

3,184live and work here

12,695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menifee goes to work

Menifee (in town)right here

8%3,184

Temecula13.9 mi away

8%3,127

San Diego59.5 mi away

8%3,002

Murrieta8.1 mi away

6%2,308

Riverside20.9 mi away

4%1,593

Los Angeles74 mi away

4%1,415

Perris7.2 mi away

3%1,377

Moreno Valley16.2 mi away

3%1,309

Hemet11.2 mi away

3%997

Lake Elsinore8.7 mi away

2%993

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%20,498

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

How far

How far Menifee commutes

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

21%

26%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menifee is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menifee are

15,879 jobs are based in Menifee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Menifee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Menifee

15,879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Menifee residents hold

39,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+77%

Jobs based in Menifee, 2013 → 2023: 8,988 → 15,879. 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.