Photo: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Banning works elsewhere
Banning grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Banning report 4,792 jobs, and 11,568 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 8% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Banning
No single place dominates Banning’s commute
The biggest draw, Riverside, gets only 6% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Banning residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Banning
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Banning is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #695 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Banning’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Banning could be anywhere from C− to C+.
6% of working residents work in Riverside
Where Banning clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Half of Banning commutes less than 27 miles
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Banning on a workday
On a workday 10,465 residents head out to work, 1,103 work right here, and 3,689 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25,000 people are in Banning on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Banning
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Banning, 2013 → 2023: 4,309 → 4,792. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Banning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Banning
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Banning workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,600 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most of Banning commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Banning is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #710 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,469 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 7% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Banning households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Banning’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000, and where Banning sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,230 | Westmont CA | 34,123 | $51K | 25.3% | 11.1% | 2% | C− |
| 1,231 | Linda CA | 23,871 | $73K | 17.2% | 7.0% | 5% | C− |
| 1,232 | Banning CA | 31,852 | $62K | 18.8% | 8.2% | 10% | C− |
| 1,233 | Hot Springs AR | 37,979 | $48K | 20.5% | 4.8% | 50% | C− |
| 1,234 | Carrollton GA | 27,925 | $54K | 25.4% | 5.2% | 30% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Banning, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Around Banning: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Beaumont (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Banning workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banning | – | C− | B− | 33 min | $61,764 |
| Cherry Valley | under 2% | C | C+ | 36 min | $76,895 |
| Beaumont | 5% | B+ | B+ | 36 min | $107,118 |
| Cabazon | 2% | D | D | 27 min | $48,704 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Banning’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Banning: questions
What is the median household income in Banning?
$61,764 (±$4,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Banning?
18.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Banning?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Banning work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Riverside (6%, 28 mi), San Bernardino (5%, 26 mi), Beaumont (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Banning walkable?
Banning is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Banning without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Banning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Banning
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.