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Work & commute · Whitewater

Work & commute in Whitewater, CA

Most working residents leave Whitewater for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (9%), Cathedral City (6%) and Beaumont (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
11 of 350 working residents
Typical commute
23 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 339 Whitewater residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitewater.

339live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Whitewater goes to work

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1
Palm Springs12.5 mi away
9%32
2
Cathedral City14.6 mi away
6%20
3
Beaumont15.7 mi away
5%17
4
Los Angeles98.9 mi away
5%17
5
Desert Hot Springs8.4 mi away
4%15
6
Palm Desert23 mi away
4%15
7
Thousand Palms20.8 mi away
3%12
8
Banning12.2 mi away
3%11
9
San Diego80.4 mi away
3%11
10
Whitewater (in town)right here
3%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%189

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

How far

How far Whitewater commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Whitewater is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitewater are

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

Jobs based in Whitewater

49 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities33%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Whitewater residents hold

350 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+40%

Jobs based in Whitewater, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 49. 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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