Work & commute · Rosamond

Work & commute in Rosamond, CA

Most working residents leave Rosamond for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (21%), Palmdale (10%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

540 of 6,055 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 5,515 Rosamond residents head out of town to work, 540 work right here, and 930 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rosamond.

5,515live here, work elsewhere

540live and work here

930work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rosamond goes to work

Lancaster12.1 mi away

21%1,289

Palmdale20 mi away

10%631

Rosamond (in town)right here

9%540

Los Angeles59.5 mi away

6%360

Bakersfield57.4 mi away

4%241

Mojave10.4 mi away

3%208

Santa Clarita35 mi away

3%169

Fresno159.3 mi away

2%106

Edwards AFB16.8 mi away

1%62

Tehachapi23.2 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,389

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

How far

How far Rosamond commutes

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

11%

40%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rosamond is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rosamond are

1,470 jobs are based in Rosamond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rosamond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rosamond

1,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rosamond residents hold

6,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+15%

Jobs based in Rosamond, 2013 → 2023: 1,279 → 1,470. 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.