Work & commute · Rancho Mirage

Work & commute in Rancho Mirage, CA

Most working residents leave Rancho Mirage for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (11%), Palm Desert (10%) and Los Angeles (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
686 of 4,863 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
31%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,177 Rancho Mirage residents head out of town to work, 686 work right here, and 13,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rancho Mirage.

4,177live here, work elsewhere
686live and work here
13,425work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rancho Mirage goes to work

Rancho MirageCathedral CityLa QuintaDesert Hot SpringsIndioPalm DesertCoachellaSan DiegoLos AngelesRiversidePalm SpringsBermuda DunesThousand PalmsPalm SpringsPalm DesertLos AngelesCathedral CitySan DiegoLa QuintaIndioThousand PalmsRiversideRancho Mirage
1
Rancho Mirage (in town)right here
14%686
2
Palm Springs6.9 mi away
11%522
3
Palm Desert4.1 mi away
10%509
4
Los Angeles115 mi away
5%239
5
Cathedral City5.4 mi away
4%218
6
San Diego75.7 mi away
3%161
7
La Quinta12.6 mi away
3%127
8
Indio11.3 mi away
3%126
9
Thousand Palms5.7 mi away
2%87
10
Riverside56.6 mi away
2%84
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%2,104

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

How far

How far Rancho Mirage commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
42%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rancho Mirage is a job hub

2.90jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rancho Mirage are

14,111 jobs are based in Rancho Mirage. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rancho Mirage’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rancho Mirage

14,111 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)93%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rancho Mirage residents hold

4,863 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+10%

Jobs based in Rancho Mirage, 2013 → 2023: 12,847 → 14,111. 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.

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