Work & commute · Yucca Valley

Work & commute in Yucca Valley, CA

Most working residents leave Yucca Valley for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Palm Springs (5%), Los Angeles (5%) and Twentynine Palms (3%). Half commute less than 57 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,452 of 9,754 working residents

Typical commute

57 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 8,302 Yucca Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,452 work right here, and 2,843 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yucca Valley.

8,302live here, work elsewhere

1,452live and work here

2,843work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yucca Valley goes to work

Yucca Valley (in town)right here

15%1,452

Palm Springs23.1 mi away

5%524

Los Angeles114.1 mi away

5%507

Twentynine Palms20.4 mi away

3%302

Joshua Tree6.2 mi away

3%247

San Bernardino49.9 mi away

2%235

Palm Desert26.9 mi away

2%219

Riverside57.1 mi away

2%206

San Diego98 mi away

2%199

Rancho Mirage25 mi away

2%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%5,696

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

How far

How far Yucca Valley commutes

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

19%

15%

11%

55%

19%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

55%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yucca Valley is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yucca Valley are

4,295 jobs are based in Yucca Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yucca Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yucca Valley

4,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Yucca Valley residents hold

9,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Yucca Valley, 2013 → 2023: 4,080 → 4,295. 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.