Work & commute · Wrightwood

Work & commute in Wrightwood, CA

Most working residents leave Wrightwood for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (6%), San Bernardino (6%) and Phelan (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,180 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,091 Wrightwood residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrightwood.

1,091live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrightwood goes to work

Wrightwood (in town)right here

8%89

Los Angeles49.9 mi away

6%76

San Bernardino23.8 mi away

6%67

Phelan9 mi away

4%46

Rancho Cucamonga15.2 mi away

3%35

Ontario21.2 mi away

3%33

Victorville20.3 mi away

2%29

Riverside31.1 mi away

2%27

Pomona21.1 mi away

2%24

San Diego108.6 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%730

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

How far

How far Wrightwood commutes

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

14%

25%

39%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrightwood is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrightwood are

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

Jobs based in Wrightwood

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Wrightwood residents hold

1,180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in Wrightwood, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 366. 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.