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Work & commute in Sky Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Sky Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (9%), Palm Desert (8%) and Indio (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
36 of 814 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 778 Sky Valley residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sky Valley.

778live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
221work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sky Valley goes to work

Rancho MirageCathedral CityLa QuintaDesert Hot SpringsIndioPalm DesertCoachellaSan DiegoLos AngelesPalm SpringsDesert EdgeThousand PalmsSky ValleyPalm SpringsPalm DesertIndioRancho MirageSan DiegoLa QuintaLos AngelesThousand PalmsCathedral CitySky Valley
1
Palm Springs12.1 mi away
9%77
2
Palm Desert10.6 mi away
8%68
3
Indio13 mi away
6%47
4
Rancho Mirage9.9 mi away
5%43
5
San Diego85.6 mi away
5%37
6
Sky Valley (in town)right here
4%36
7
La Quinta18.2 mi away
4%29
8
Los Angeles118.1 mi away
4%29
9
Thousand Palms5.3 mi away
3%26
10
Cathedral City7.3 mi away
3%23
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%399

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

How far

How far Sky Valley commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sky Valley is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sky Valley are

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

Jobs based in Sky Valley

257 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sky Valley residents hold

814 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+60%

Jobs based in Sky Valley, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 257. 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.

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