Work & commute · Running Springs

Work & commute in Running Springs, CA

Most working residents leave Running Springs for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (10%), San Bernardino (6%) and Lake Arrowhead (5%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 2,172 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,068 Running Springs residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Running Springs.

2,068live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Running Springs goes to work

Los Angeles75.9 mi away

10%223

San Bernardino11.9 mi away

6%127

Lake Arrowhead5.1 mi away

5%105

Running Springs (in town)right here

5%104

Riverside25.1 mi away

3%60

San Diego95.4 mi away

2%54

Redlands11.5 mi away

2%44

Big Bear Lake12.2 mi away

2%35

Anaheim44.8 mi away

2%35

Loma Linda14.2 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,354

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

How far

How far Running Springs commutes

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

15%

18%

16%

51%

15%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Running Springs is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Running Springs are

382 jobs are based in Running Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Running Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Running Springs

382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Running Springs residents hold

2,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−12%

Jobs based in Running Springs, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 382. 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.