Work & commute · Mojave

Work & commute in Mojave, CA

About one in 5 of Mojave’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (11%), Los Angeles (6%) and Palmdale (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

233 of 1,175 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 942 Mojave residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 2,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mojave.

942live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

2,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mojave goes to work

Mojave (in town)right here

20%233

Lancaster22.2 mi away

11%130

Los Angeles69.9 mi away

6%75

Palmdale29.7 mi away

5%58

Bakersfield53.3 mi away

5%54

Tehachapi17 mi away

3%35

California City20.3 mi away

2%29

Rosamond10.4 mi away

2%19

Santa Clarita45 mi away

1%17

Ridgecrest51.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%511

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

How far

How far Mojave commutes

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

21%

15%

17%

47%

21%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mojave is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mojave are

2,631 jobs are based in Mojave. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mojave’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mojave

2,631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Mojave residents hold

1,175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+30%

Jobs based in Mojave, 2013 → 2023: 2,018 → 2,631. 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.