Photo: joedecruyenaere on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Lytle Creek commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lytle Creek; the top destination outside it is Ontario (8%, 16 miles). There are 18 jobs in Lytle Creek; 248 of its residents have a job. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lytle Creek at work: what stands out
Lytle Creek is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Lytle Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lytle Creek has about 440 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lytle Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Lytle Creek workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 248 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Lytle Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Lytle Creek on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Lytle Creek: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lytle Creek workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Lytle Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Lytle Creek clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Lytle Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lytle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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 Lytle Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Lytle Creek’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
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 Lytle Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Lytle Creek?
$86,394 (±$19,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lytle Creek?
8.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lytle Creek?
44 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lytle Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ontario (8%, 16 mi), San Bernardino (8%, 14 mi), Fontana (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lytle Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lytle Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lytle Creek
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.