Work & commute · Palo Verde

Work & commute in Palo Verde, CA

Most working residents leave Palo Verde for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (9%), Los Angeles (9%) and Bombay Beach (7%). Half commute less than 84 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

84 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 42 Palo Verde residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palo Verde.

42live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palo Verde goes to work

San Diego144.5 mi away

9%4

Los Angeles215.6 mi away

9%4

Bombay Beach57.9 mi away

7%3

Palo Verde (in town)right here

5%2

Chandler, AZ166.2 mi away

2%1

Westmorland58.3 mi away

2%1

Holtville56.7 mi away

2%1

Bell202 mi away

2%1

Calipatria47.3 mi away

2%1

Culver City214.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%25

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

How far

How far Palo Verde commutes

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

86%

5%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

86%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palo Verde is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palo Verde are

27 jobs are based in Palo Verde. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palo Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palo Verde

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Palo Verde residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−93%

Jobs based in Palo Verde, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 27. 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.