Bermuda Dunes has higher household incomes than 69% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 8.5%; California has 12.0%. Jobs and income earn Bermuda Dunes B; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 5% stay in Bermuda Dunes for work; outside it, Palm Desert is the main destination (15%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bermuda Dunes, in a few figures
A lot of Bermuda Dunes works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Bermuda Dunes: Palm Desert (15%), La Quinta (9%) and Indio (8%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Bermuda Dunes are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bermuda Dunes
61% of Bermuda Dunes residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Bermuda Dunes pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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.
Income, poverty and work: Bermuda Dunes’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bermuda Dunes is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #418 of 847 in California. Household income holds Bermuda Dunes’ grade up ($90,818, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bermuda Dunes could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The trip to work from Bermuda Dunes: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bermuda Dunes workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,519 commuters (the 14% 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.
Bermuda Dunes makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
2,233 jobs are based in Bermuda Dunes.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bermuda Dunes, 2013 → 2023: 1,897 → 2,233. 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 Bermuda Dunes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Bermuda Dunes commutes
About 34% 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 Bermuda Dunes on a workday
On a workday 3,149 residents head out to work, 175 work right here, and 2,058 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Bermuda Dunes on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Bermuda Dunes’ residents
Where Bermuda Dunes clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Driving is how Bermuda Dunes gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% 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 4,103 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 4.7% of Bermuda Dunes households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bermuda Dunes’ commuters take a bus or train.
Bermuda Dunes next to U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,800: 1,493rd of 3,015 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 25 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,491 | Vernon NY | 8,079 | $78K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,492 | Chena Ridge AK | 5,881 | $134K | 2.8% | 7.3% | — | B |
| 1,493 | Bermuda Dunes CA | 7,971 | $91K | 8.5% | 5.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,494 | Hillview KY | 9,020 | $68K | 11.2% | 3.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,495 | Hellertown PA | 6,138 | $73K | 4.8% | 8.1% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,015 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bermuda Dunes, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 32% of Bermuda Dunes’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bermuda Dunes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda Dunes | – | B | B+ | 21 min | $90,818 |
| La Quinta | 9% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $99,250 |
| Indio | 8% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $77,167 |
| Desert Palms | under 3% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $79,792 |
| Palm Desert | 15% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $77,513 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Palm Desert. Darker towns draw more of Bermuda Dunes’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 Bermuda Dunes: questions
What is the median household income in Bermuda Dunes?
$90,818 (±$11,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bermuda Dunes?
8.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bermuda Dunes?
21 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bermuda Dunes work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Palm Desert (15%, 4 mi), La Quinta (9%, 7 mi), Indio (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bermuda Dunes walkable?
Bermuda Dunes is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bermuda Dunes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bermuda Dunes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bermuda Dunes
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.