Photo: Thomas from USA · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Victorville (11.1%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 9% of workers; California has 17%. For jobs and income Victorville is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in five work in Victorville itself; outside it, Los Angeles draws the most (6%, 70 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Victorville in brief
Victorville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Victorville’s commute
The biggest draw, Los Angeles, gets only 6% of working residents, and 50% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Victorville residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
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.
What’s behind Victorville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Victorville’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Victorville could be anywhere from C− to C.
Commuting from Victorville: about 40 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Victorville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46,316 commuters (the 9% 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 Victorville goes to work
Where Victorville clocks in
6% 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.
Where in the region Victorville works
About 35% 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.
Victorville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 35,854 residents head out to work, 7,417 work right here, and 22,415 people come in from elsewhere.
About 128,000 people are in Victorville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Jobs in Victorville: what the 29,832 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victorville, 2013 → 2023: 24,240 → 29,832. 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 Victorville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Victorville, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 50,743 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 76% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 12% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 4.7% of Victorville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Victorville’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
How Victorville compares with U.S. towns of 99,000 to 191,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmel IN | 105,634 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 2 | Clay Township IN | 104,932 | $142K | 3.9% | 2.7% | 23% | A+ |
| 3 | Fishers IN | 104,812 | $130K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Berkeley CA | 121,911 | $108K | 17.3% | 5.6% | 21% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Sunnyvale CA | 156,577 | $186K | 5.8% | 4.5% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | San Mateo CA | 103,337 | $154K | 8.2% | 4.6% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 241 | New Haven CT | 138,774 | $57K | 23.9% | 8.4% | 43% | C− |
| 242 | Columbia SC | 147,035 | $56K | 24.0% | 7.5% | 40% | C− |
| 243 | Victorville CA | 141,395 | $74K | 18.4% | 11.1% | 17% | C− |
| 244 | Lansing MI | 113,884 | $54K | 20.1% | 8.2% | 32% | C− |
| 245 | New Bedford MA | 101,834 | $57K | 20.6% | 8.3% | 31% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 259 | Macon-Bibb County GA | 157,556 | $51K | 24.7% | 8.1% | 53% | 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 Victorville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
12% of Victorville works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Hesperia (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Victorville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorville | – | C− | B+ | 40 min | $74,410 |
| Adelanto | 3% | C− | B | 47 min | $68,685 |
| Spring Valley Lake | under 2% | B− | B− | 35 min | $82,625 |
| Apple Valley | 4% | C− | B | 41 min | $69,882 |
| Hesperia | 5% | C− | B | 43 min | $72,160 |
| Oak Hills | under 2% | B− | C+ | 52 min | $101,323 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Victorville’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 Victorville: questions
What is the median household income in Victorville?
$74,410 (±$3,243) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victorville?
18.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Victorville?
40 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Victorville work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (6%, 70 mi), San Bernardino (6%, 27 mi), Hesperia (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victorville walkable?
Victorville is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victorville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 12% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Victorville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victorville
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.