Jobs and earnings in Palo Verde, and the trip to work
0% of workers work from home; California has 17%. Only 5% work in Palo Verde; the top destination outside it is San Diego (9%, 144 miles). Employers in Palo Verde report 27 jobs; 44 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Palo Verde
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in Palo Verde on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
The towns that employ Palo Verde’s residents
Where Palo Verde clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 59% of the jobs in Palo Verde
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Palo Verde, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 27. 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 Palo Verde’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Palo Verde
of Palo Verde workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Palo Verde
About 86% 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 Palo Verde: questions
What is the poverty rate in Palo Verde?
0.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Palo Verde work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Diego (9%, 144 mi), Los Angeles (9%, 216 mi), Bombay Beach (7%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Palo Verde 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 Palo Verde, from the people who make the trip.
More of Palo Verde
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.