Work & commute · Searles Valley

Work & commute in Searles Valley, CA

About one in 5 of Searles Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ridgecrest (11%), Los Angeles (11%) and San Bernardino (4%). Half commute less than 119 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

154 of 703 working residents

Typical commute

119 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 549 Searles Valley residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searles Valley.

549live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searles Valley goes to work

Searles Valley (in town)right here

22%154

Ridgecrest17.9 mi away

11%78

Los Angeles133.9 mi away

11%74

San Bernardino112.7 mi away

4%27

Anaheim133.9 mi away

2%11

Long Beach144.2 mi away

2%11

Burbank121.2 mi away

1%8

Colton119 mi away

1%8

Pasadena118.9 mi away

1%8

Santa Clarita112.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%316

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

How far

How far Searles Valley commutes

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

23%

12%

65%

23%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

65%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searles Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Searles Valley are

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

Jobs based in Searles Valley

586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Searles Valley residents hold

703 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−38%

Jobs based in Searles Valley, 2013 → 2023: 943 → 586. 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.