Work & commute · Mountain Center

Work & commute in Mountain Center, CA

Most working residents leave Mountain Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Idyllwild-Pine Cove (33%), Yucaipa (11%) and Culver City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 18 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18 Mountain Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Center.

18live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Center goes to work

Idyllwild-Pine Cove2.4 mi away

33%6

Yucaipa28.9 mi away

11%2

Culver City98.2 mi away

6%1

El Cajon64.3 mi away

6%1

Perris29.2 mi away

6%1

Hemet15.8 mi away

6%1

Los Angeles99.1 mi away

6%1

Sacramento427.3 mi away

6%1

Anaheim60.3 mi away

6%1

Valle Vista9.2 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%2

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

How far

How far Mountain Center commutes

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

39%

17%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Center is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Center are

4 jobs are based in Mountain Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Center

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Mountain Center residents hold

18 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month83%

−86%

Jobs based in Mountain Center, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 4. 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.