Photo: The original uploader was Epolk at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5A job hub: Bombay Beach has 3.6 jobs per working resident, and 273 people come in to work
Only 5% stay in Bombay Beach for work; outside it, Yuma is the main destination (7%, 91 miles). There are 277 jobs in Bombay Beach, against 76 working residents. 8% of workers work from home, against 17% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Bombay Beach
On a workday 72 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 560 people are in Bombay Beach on a workday afternoon, 56% more 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.
Who travels to work in Bombay Beach, and from where
Where Bombay Beach clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
92% of the jobs in Bombay Beach make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bombay Beach, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 277. 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 Bombay Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bombay Beach
of Bombay Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
Miles to work from Bombay Beach
About 64% 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.
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 Bombay Beach: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bombay Beach?
54.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bombay Beach work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yuma (7%, 91 mi), San Diego (7%, 88 mi), El Centro (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bombay Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bombay Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bombay Beach
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.