Work & commute · North Edwards

Work & commute in North Edwards, CA

Most working residents leave North Edwards for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (10%), Lancaster (9%) and Boron (9%). Half commute less than 61 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

61 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 217 North Edwards residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Edwards.

217live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Edwards goes to work

Los Angeles78.8 mi away

10%22

Lancaster32.1 mi away

9%21

Boron8 mi away

9%19

Mojave21.7 mi away

6%13

Edwards AFB11.9 mi away

4%9

Tehachapi36.6 mi away

3%7

Palmdale35.7 mi away

3%7

Fresno163.5 mi away

3%6

North Edwards (in town)right here

3%6

Bakersfield72.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%108

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

How far

How far North Edwards commutes

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

16%

10%

20%

54%

16%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Edwards is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Edwards are

115 jobs are based in North Edwards. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Edwards’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Edwards

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs North Edwards residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in North Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 115. 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.