Work & commute · Ridgecrest Heights

Work & commute in Ridgecrest Heights, CA

Most working residents leave Ridgecrest Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgecrest (46%), Los Angeles (5%) and Searles Valley (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 123 Ridgecrest Heights residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgecrest Heights.

123live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgecrest Heights goes to work

Ridgecrest2.9 mi away

46%56

Los Angeles116.5 mi away

5%6

Searles Valley20.8 mi away

5%6

Bakersfield77 mi away

3%4

Burbank103.7 mi away

2%2

Porterville81 mi away

2%2

Fontana104 mi away

2%2

Santa Clarita93.5 mi away

2%2

Lancaster68.2 mi away

2%2

Huron140.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%40

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

How far

How far Ridgecrest Heights commutes

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

46%

46%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgecrest Heights is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgecrest Heights are

15 jobs are based in Ridgecrest Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgecrest Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgecrest Heights

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ridgecrest Heights residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+150%

Jobs based in Ridgecrest Heights, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. 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.