Work & commute · Twentynine Palms

Work & commute in Twentynine Palms, CA

Most working residents leave Twentynine Palms for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (8%), Yucca Valley (4%) and Palm Desert (2%). Half commute less than 88 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,208 of 7,579 working residents

Typical commute

88 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 6,371 Twentynine Palms residents head out of town to work, 1,208 work right here, and 1,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twentynine Palms.

6,371live here, work elsewhere

1,208live and work here

1,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Twentynine Palms goes to work

Twentynine Palms (in town)right here

16%1,208

Los Angeles134.5 mi away

8%617

Yucca Valley20.4 mi away

4%293

Palm Desert33.1 mi away

2%171

Riverside77.4 mi away

2%162

Palm Springs36 mi away

2%158

San Bernardino70.3 mi away

2%155

San Diego109.5 mi away

2%147

Joshua Tree14.2 mi away

2%124

Irvine103 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%4,453

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

How far

How far Twentynine Palms commutes

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

17%

68%

17%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

68%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Twentynine Palms is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Twentynine Palms are

2,994 jobs are based in Twentynine Palms. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twentynine Palms’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Twentynine Palms

2,994 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Twentynine Palms residents hold

7,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+15%

Jobs based in Twentynine Palms, 2013 → 2023: 2,593 → 2,994. 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.