Ryan House and Lost Horse Well · Photo: National Park Service inventory · Public domainIndio Hills has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B+: better than 69% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 70% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Indio Hills; the top destination outside it is Indio (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Indio Hills
Indio Hills is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Indio Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Indio Hills has about 740 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 Indio Hills works from home
35% of Indio Hills workers work from home, against 17% across California. 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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Indio Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Indio Hills is better than 69% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Indio Hills’ grade up (0.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (23.1%) is left out: Indio Hills’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Indio Hills could be anywhere from C to A−.
Indio Hills quiets down on a workday
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Indio Hills on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
Half of Indio Hills commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 42% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the CA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indio Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
13% of working residents work in Indio
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Indio Hills clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Indio Hills makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
68 jobs are based in Indio Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indio Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indio Hills, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 68. 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.
Most trips from Indio Hills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Indio Hills is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% 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 569 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 0.0 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). 0.0% of Indio Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Indio Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Indio Hills is 645th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Indio Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Cokato Township MN | 1,406 | $87K | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 644 | Litchfield NY | 1,428 | $88K | 5.5% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 645 | Indio Hills CA | 1,117 | $92K | 0.1% | 23.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 646 | Custer Township IL | 1,347 | $122K | 11.3% | 11.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 647 | Rock Grove Township IL | 1,458 | $100K | 7.1% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
13% of Indio Hills works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Indio (13%). Darker towns draw more of Indio Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indio Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indio Hills | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $92,266 |
| Indio | 13% | B− | B+ | 23 min | $77,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Indio Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Indio Hills?
$92,266 (±$91,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indio Hills?
0.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indio Hills?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indio Hills work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indio (13%, 8 mi), Palm Desert (11%, 10 mi), La Quinta (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Indio Hills walkable?
Indio Hills is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indio Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indio Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indio Hills
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.