Work & commute · San Bernardino

Work & commute in San Bernardino, CA

About one in 5 of San Bernardino’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Riverside (5%), Los Angeles (5%) and Ontario (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

16,233 of 82,391 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 66,158 San Bernardino residents head out of town to work, 16,233 work right here, and 97,237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Bernardino.

66,158live here, work elsewhere

16,233live and work here

97,237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Bernardino goes to work

San Bernardino (in town)right here

20%16,233

Riverside15.1 mi away

5%4,239

Los Angeles64.4 mi away

5%3,915

Ontario19.2 mi away

4%3,553

Rialto5.7 mi away

4%3,551

Fontana9.9 mi away

4%3,028

Redlands9.3 mi away

4%3,020

Rancho Cucamonga15.5 mi away

3%2,842

Colton6.7 mi away

3%2,302

Loma Linda7.3 mi away

2%1,818

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%37,890

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

How far

How far San Bernardino commutes

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

41%

25%

15%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Bernardino is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Bernardino are

113,470 jobs are based in San Bernardino. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Bernardino’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Bernardino

113,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs San Bernardino residents hold

82,391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in San Bernardino, 2013 → 2023: 94,576 → 113,470. 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.