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Work & commute · Mesa Verde

Work & commute in Mesa Verde, CA

Most working residents leave Mesa Verde for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blythe (25%), Los Angeles (4%) and Indio (4%). Half commute less than 86 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 272 working residents
Typical commute
86 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 266 Mesa Verde residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mesa Verde.

266live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
71work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mesa Verde goes to work

Lake Havasu CityBullhead CityYumaLa QuintaIndioBlythePalm DesertCoachellaLos AngelesRiversidePalm SpringsStocktonEhrenbergMesa VerdeThousand PalmsIndio HillsDesert CenterBlytheLos AngelesIndioEhrenbergPalm SpringsPalm DesertRiversideThousand PalmsLa QuintaMesa Verde
1
Blythe7.5 mi away
25%68
2
Los Angeles213.2 mi away
4%11
3
Indio87 mi away
4%10
4
Ehrenberg, AZ14.4 mi away
4%10
5
Palm Springs104.8 mi away
3%7
6
Palm Desert94.4 mi away
2%6
7
Riverside154.7 mi away
2%6
8
Mesa Verde (in town)right here
2%6
9
Thousand Palms94.5 mi away
2%6
10
La Quinta88.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%137

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

How far

How far Mesa Verde commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
1%25–50 mi
60%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mesa Verde is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mesa Verde are

77 jobs are based in Mesa Verde. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mesa Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mesa Verde

77 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities90%
Services (health, schools, offices…)10%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Mesa Verde residents hold

272 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+71%

Jobs based in Mesa Verde, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 77. 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.

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