East Hemet has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 8% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Employers in East Hemet report 1,865 jobs, and 8,062 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for East Hemet are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from East Hemet, in brief
East Hemet is a place people come home to
There are 1,865 jobs based in East Hemet, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday East Hemet has about 14,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
East Hemet 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 ↓
Nearly all the work in East Hemet is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
East Hemet has added jobs fast
Jobs based in East Hemet went from 1,373 in 2014 to 1,865 in 2024, +36%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
The four measures behind East Hemet’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, East Hemet is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #661 of 847 in California. Household income holds East Hemet’s grade up ($82,096, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, East Hemet could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The daily commute in and out of East Hemet
On a workday 7,805 residents head out to work, 257 work right here, and 1,608 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in East Hemet on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
East Hemet’s commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Hemet workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,729 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.
Services make up most of the work in East Hemet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Hemet, 2014 → 2024: 1,373 → 1,865. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hemet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Hemet
Where East Hemet clocks in
14% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from East Hemet
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in East Hemet is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Hemet is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #572 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 7,351 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 89% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 3.1% of East Hemet households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of East Hemet’s commuters take a bus or train.
How East Hemet ranks: 1,531st of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,529 | Fernley NV | 26,214 | $90K | 12.8% | 5.5% | 20% | C |
| 1,530 | Martinsburg WV | 19,211 | $60K | 19.8% | 5.2% | 15% | C |
| 1,531 | East Hemet CA | 20,257 | $82K | 18.8% | 7.6% | 3% | C |
| 1,532 | Locust Grove GA | 14,610 | $75K | 15.9% | 9.9% | 5% | C |
| 1,533 | Dumas TX | 14,862 | $64K | 20.2% | 3.4% | 27% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 East Hemet, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 14% of East Hemet’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Hemet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hemet | – | C | B+ | 36 min | $82,096 |
| Hemet | 14% | C− | B+ | 36 min | $57,719 |
| Valle Vista | under 3% | C− | B | 38 min | $66,825 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hemet. Darker towns draw more of East Hemet’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 2024, 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 East Hemet: questions
What is the median household income in East Hemet?
$82,096 (±$10,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Hemet?
18.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Hemet?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Hemet work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hemet (14%, 3 mi), San Jacinto (6%, 6 mi), Riverside (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is East Hemet walkable?
East Hemet is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Hemet without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Hemet, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Hemet
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.