Work & commute · Phelan

Work & commute in Phelan, CA

Most working residents leave Phelan for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Bernardino (7%), Victorville (6%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

373 of 4,464 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 4,091 Phelan residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 1,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phelan.

4,091live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

1,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phelan goes to work

Phelan (in town)right here

8%373

San Bernardino24.5 mi away

7%301

Victorville11.5 mi away

6%271

Los Angeles58.4 mi away

5%221

Ontario28.2 mi away

4%169

Hesperia12.3 mi away

4%165

Riverside35.5 mi away

3%137

Rancho Cucamonga21.5 mi away

3%134

Apple Valley19 mi away

2%105

Fontana23.1 mi away

2%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,490

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

How far

How far Phelan commutes

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

13%

21%

41%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phelan is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phelan are

1,838 jobs are based in Phelan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Phelan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Phelan

1,838 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Phelan residents hold

4,464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+9%

Jobs based in Phelan, 2013 → 2023: 1,692 → 1,838. 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.