Work & commute · Salton

Work & commute in Salton, CA

Most working residents leave Salton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (9%), Los Angeles (5%) and Oasis (4%). Half commute less than 70 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 1,180 working residents

Typical commute

70 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,089 Salton residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salton.

1,089live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salton goes to work

San Diego74.6 mi away

9%109

Salton City (in town)right here

8%91

Los Angeles149.4 mi away

5%61

Oasis18.4 mi away

4%44

Coachella29 mi away

4%42

Thermal24.6 mi away

2%27

Borrego Springs23.2 mi away

2%22

Chula Vista76.7 mi away

2%21

Mecca20.1 mi away

2%21

El Centro42.4 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%723

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

How far

How far Salton commutes

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

11%

15%

17%

56%

11%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salton is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salton are

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

Jobs based in Salton

499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Salton residents hold

1,180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−37%

Jobs based in Salton, 2013 → 2023: 796 → 499. 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.