Cherry Valley has higher unemployment (11.9%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Only 2% stay in Cherry Valley for work; outside it, San Bernardino is the main destination (8%, 22 miles). Jobs and income earn Cherry Valley C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cherry Valley, in a few figures
Jobs in Cherry Valley have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Cherry Valley went from 421 in 2013 to 1,130 in 2023, +168%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Cherry Valley’s commute
The biggest draw, San Bernardino, gets only 8% of working residents, and 55% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Cherry Valley residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Cherry Valley 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 ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Cherry Valley
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherry Valley is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #624 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Cherry Valley’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cherry Valley could be anywhere from C− to A.
Services make up most of the work in Cherry Valley
1,130 jobs are based in Cherry Valley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 1,130. 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 Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Cherry Valley’s working residents head each day
Where Cherry Valley clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Cherry Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,004 commuters (the 18% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Cherry Valley
On a workday 2,508 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 1,067 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Cherry Valley on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
How far Cherry Valley goes to work
About 27% 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.
Few in Cherry Valley walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherry Valley is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #719 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 2,446 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 40% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 5.6% of Cherry Valley households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cherry Valley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Valley places 2,308th of 3,201 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,306 | Ashland VA | 7,982 | $61K | 24.3% | 4.9% | 14% | C |
| 2,307 | Heber CA | 7,312 | $72K | 10.6% | 7.8% | 7% | C |
| 2,308 | Cherry Valley CA | 6,668 | $77K | 13.2% | 11.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,309 | Mount Sterling KY | 7,586 | $56K | 16.9% | 3.7% | 16% | C |
| 2,310 | Osage Beach MO | 5,079 | $56K | 12.8% | 2.7% | 30% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | 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 Cherry Valley, the top three, the last and three more from California.
10% of Cherry Valley works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Beaumont (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Valley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley | – | C | C+ | 36 min | $76,895 |
| Beaumont | 6% | B+ | B+ | 36 min | $107,118 |
| Banning | 4% | C− | B− | 33 min | $61,764 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cherry Valley’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 Cherry Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley?
$76,895 (±$16,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Valley?
13.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Valley?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Valley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (8%, 22 mi), Beaumont (6%, 7 mi), Riverside (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Valley walkable?
Cherry Valley is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Valley
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.