Most of Ocotillo commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Ocotillo report 20 jobs; 41 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Ocotillo itself; outside it, San Diego draws the most (17%, 65 miles). The poverty rate is 32.2%, next to 12.0% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Ocotillo on a workday
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Ocotillo on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Ocotillo’s working residents head each day
Where Ocotillo clocks in
17% 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.
What Ocotillo’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocotillo, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 20. 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 Ocotillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Ocotillo goes to work
About 93% 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.
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 Ocotillo: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ocotillo?
32.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ocotillo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (17%, 65 mi), Los Angeles (15%, 165 mi), La Quinta (5%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocotillo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocotillo
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.