Work & commute · Murrieta

Work & commute in Murrieta, CA

Most working residents leave Murrieta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Temecula (13%), San Diego (8%) and Los Angeles (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

5,624 of 42,064 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 36,440 Murrieta residents head out of town to work, 5,624 work right here, and 24,322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murrieta.

36,440live here, work elsewhere

5,624live and work here

24,322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murrieta goes to work

Murrieta (in town)right here

13%5,624

Temecula6.4 mi away

13%5,264

San Diego51.5 mi away

8%3,372

Los Angeles76.5 mi away

4%1,482

Riverside27.8 mi away

3%1,405

Menifee8.1 mi away

2%987

Irvine34.2 mi away

2%835

Lake Elsinore11.4 mi away

2%828

Wildomar4.9 mi away

2%712

Escondido31.2 mi away

2%651

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%20,904

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

How far

How far Murrieta commutes

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

33%

11%

32%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murrieta is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murrieta are

29,946 jobs are based in Murrieta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murrieta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murrieta

29,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Murrieta residents hold

42,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+47%

Jobs based in Murrieta, 2013 → 2023: 20,423 → 29,946. 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.