Work & commute · Morongo Valley

Work & commute in Morongo Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Morongo Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (8%), Los Angeles (5%) and Palm Desert (4%). Half commute less than 55 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,815 working residents

Typical commute

55 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,739 Morongo Valley residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morongo Valley.

1,739live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morongo Valley goes to work

Palm Springs18.6 mi away

8%139

Los Angeles105.9 mi away

5%97

Morongo Valley (in town)right here

4%76

Palm Desert25.8 mi away

4%74

Yucca Valley8.8 mi away

4%73

Riverside48.5 mi away

3%62

Rancho Mirage22.8 mi away

2%38

Desert Hot Springs8 mi away

2%38

Cathedral City17.3 mi away

2%35

San Diego91.6 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,148

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

How far

How far Morongo Valley commutes

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

19%

53%

9%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morongo Valley is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morongo Valley are

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

Jobs based in Morongo Valley

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Morongo Valley residents hold

1,815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+27%

Jobs based in Morongo Valley, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 306. 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.