Mount San Jacinto State Park Historic District · Photo: Own work · CC BY 3.0At 5.0%, unemployment in Idyllwild-Pine Cove is higher than in 61% of U.S. towns
28% of workers have no commute at all, where California as a whole has 17%. The two grades for Idyllwild-Pine Cove are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in four work in Idyllwild-Pine Cove; the top destination outside it is San Diego (5%, 67 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Idyllwild-Pine Cove and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
44% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
A lot of Idyllwild-Pine Cove works from home
28% of Idyllwild-Pine Cove workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Idyllwild-Pine Cove are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical California 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; with 969 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Idyllwild-Pine Cove
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Idyllwild-Pine Cove is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #690 of 847 in California. Household income holds Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s grade up ($73,678, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Idyllwild-Pine Cove could be anywhere from D to B.
Short hops and long hauls from Idyllwild-Pine Cove
About 44% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Idyllwild-Pine Cove workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,386 commuters (the 28% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 705 residents head out to work, 264 work right here, and 707 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s residents
Where Idyllwild-Pine Cove clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
The 971 jobs based in Idyllwild-Pine Cove
971 jobs are based in Idyllwild-Pine Cove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Idyllwild-Pine Cove, 2013 → 2023: 759 → 971. 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Idyllwild-Pine Cove
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Idyllwild-Pine Cove is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns, #448 of 847 in California. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across California, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,923 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.9% of Idyllwild-Pine Cove households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Idyllwild-Pine Cove ranks: 3,159th of 4,084 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,157 | Clifton Forge VA | 3,372 | $40K | 15.1% | 2.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,158 | Blackstone VA | 3,389 | $55K | 26.6% | 2.4% | 13% | C− |
| 3,159 | Idyllwild-Pine Cove CA | 3,957 | $74K | 12.3% | 5.0% | 27% | C− |
| 3,160 | Midfield AL | 4,906 | $53K | 24.6% | 7.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,161 | Vienna GA | 2,961 | $58K | 13.2% | 4.1% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Idyllwild-Pine Cove and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Idyllwild-Pine Cove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idyllwild-Pine Cove | – | C− | A− | 23 min | $73,678 |
| Mountain Center | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mountain Center: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Idyllwild-Pine Cove’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 Idyllwild-Pine Cove: questions
What is the median household income in Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
$73,678 (±$15,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
12.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Idyllwild-Pine Cove?
23 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Idyllwild-Pine Cove work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (5%, 67 mi), Los Angeles (4%, 98 mi), Hemet (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Idyllwild-Pine Cove walkable?
Idyllwild-Pine Cove is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Idyllwild-Pine Cove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Idyllwild-Pine Cove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Idyllwild-Pine Cove
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.