Cabazon has higher unemployment (8.9%) than 92% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Jobs and income earn Cabazon D; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cabazon stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
82% of the jobs in Cabazon are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Cabazon is where the jobs are
Cabazon has 1,930 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 52% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
42% of the jobs based in Cabazon are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Cabazon’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; with 940 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Cabazon earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cabazon is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cabazon’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cabazon could be anywhere from D to B+.
Inside Cabazon’s 1,930 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cabazon, 2013 → 2023: 2,213 → 1,930. 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 Cabazon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Cabazon, and who commutes in
On a workday 924 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 1,914 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Cabazon on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Cabazon, and from where
Where Cabazon 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.
How long Cabazon spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cabazon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 864 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Cabazon
About 37% 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.
Most of Cabazon commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cabazon is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 914 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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). 7.0% of Cabazon households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cabazon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Cabazon ranks 4,699th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Del Rio CA | 1,508 | $250K | 0.0% | 2.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,697 | Leyden NY | 1,585 | $59K | 13.9% | 13.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,698 | Bloomfield Township PA | 1,821 | $63K | 18.6% | 7.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,699 | Cabazon CA | 1,887 | $49K | 24.4% | 8.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,700 | Irwin SC | 1,919 | $56K | 26.1% | 10.7% | <1% | D |
| 4,701 | Ranger TX | 2,335 | $34K | 23.3% | 3.5% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Cabazon, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns around Cabazon
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Banning. Darker towns draw more of Cabazon’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 Cabazon: questions
What is the median household income in Cabazon?
$48,704 (±$24,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cabazon?
24.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cabazon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cabazon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Banning (6%, 7 mi), Riverside (5%, 35 mi), Los Angeles (5%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cabazon walkable?
Cabazon is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cabazon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cabazon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cabazon
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.