Work & commute · Moreno Valley

Work & commute in Moreno Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Moreno Valley for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Riverside (13%), San Bernardino (5%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

11,789 of 81,270 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 69,481 Moreno Valley residents head out of town to work, 11,789 work right here, and 44,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moreno Valley.

69,481live here, work elsewhere

11,789live and work here

44,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moreno Valley goes to work

Moreno Valley (in town)right here

15%11,789

Riverside10.8 mi away

13%10,724

San Bernardino15.9 mi away

5%4,214

Los Angeles69.4 mi away

5%3,827

Perris9.3 mi away

3%2,395

Ontario24.2 mi away

3%2,160

Redlands9.2 mi away

2%1,721

Corona21.1 mi away

2%1,689

San Diego75.7 mi away

2%1,685

Jurupa Valley16 mi away

2%1,478

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%39,588

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

How far

How far Moreno Valley commutes

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

31%

30%

19%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moreno Valley is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moreno Valley are

55,995 jobs are based in Moreno Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moreno Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moreno Valley

55,995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Moreno Valley residents hold

81,270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+123%

Jobs based in Moreno Valley, 2013 → 2023: 25,157 → 55,995. 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.