Photo: Johnwayne Stroud · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Calimesa (1.3%) is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
10% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across California. For jobs and income Calimesa is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 4% stay in Calimesa for work; outside it, San Bernardino is the main destination (11%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Calimesa, in brief
Calimesa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Calimesa
62% of Calimesa residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Calimesa pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Calimesa has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Calimesa went from 1,177 in 2013 to 1,600 in 2023, +36%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Calimesa
Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($87,181, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Calimesa could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
About 36 minutes to work from Calimesa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calimesa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,230 commuters (the 10% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Calimesa
1,600 jobs are based in Calimesa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calimesa, 2013 → 2023: 1,177 → 1,600. 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 Calimesa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Calimesa
On a workday 4,079 residents head out to work, 158 work right here, and 1,442 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Calimesa on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.38 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.
Where people from Calimesa work
Where Calimesa clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Calimesa works
About 23% 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 Calimesa, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,703 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 2.8% of Calimesa households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Calimesa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Calimesa next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 424th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Newington Forest VA | 12,316 | $149K | 3.1% | 5.6% | 1% | A |
| 423 | Farmington AR | 10,658 | $90K | 3.8% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| 424 | Calimesa CA | 11,111 | $87K | 5.3% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| 425 | Hasbrouck Heights NJ | 12,211 | $124K | 6.0% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| 426 | West Bradford Township PA | 14,780 | $161K | 3.1% | 4.7% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Calimesa, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Calimesa and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Yucaipa (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Calimesa’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 Calimesa: questions
What is the median household income in Calimesa?
$87,181 (±$12,802) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calimesa?
5.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calimesa?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calimesa work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (11%, 17 mi), Redlands (7%, 8 mi), Yucaipa (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calimesa walkable?
Calimesa is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calimesa without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calimesa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calimesa
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.