Work & commute · Riverside

Work & commute in Riverside, CA

About one in 4 of Riverside’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corona (6%), Los Angeles (4%) and Ontario (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

29,903 of 127,668 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 97,765 Riverside residents head out of town to work, 29,903 work right here, and 119,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverside.

97,765live here, work elsewhere

29,903live and work here

119,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverside goes to work

Riverside (in town)right here

23%29,903

Corona11.2 mi away

6%7,245

Los Angeles58.6 mi away

4%5,429

Ontario14 mi away

4%5,020

San Bernardino15.1 mi away

4%4,791

Moreno Valley10.8 mi away

3%3,959

Jurupa Valley6.2 mi away

2%3,173

Rancho Cucamonga16.6 mi away

2%2,753

Irvine28.2 mi away

2%2,719

Anaheim21.7 mi away

2%2,640

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%60,036

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

How far

How far Riverside commutes

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

38%

27%

19%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverside are

149,219 jobs are based in Riverside. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverside

149,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Riverside residents hold

127,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 130,313 → 149,219. 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.