Photo: Barkalow Brothers Co. / C.T. American Art · Public domainYermo has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
116 jobs are based in Yermo for 342 working residents. Only 1% stay in Yermo for work; outside it, Los Angeles is the main destination (10%, 109 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; the California average is 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Yermo apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
80% 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 ↓
Yermo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Yermo is Los Angeles, 109 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (34) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Yermo
About 80% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Yermo
On a workday 338 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Yermo on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of Yermo to work: where people go
Where Yermo clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Yermo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yermo, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 116. 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 Yermo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, quicker than most of California
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yermo workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 14% 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.
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 Yermo: questions
What is the median household income in Yermo?
$59,167 (±$9,924) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yermo?
15.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yermo?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yermo work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (10%, 109 mi), Barstow (5%, 12 mi), Fort Irwin (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yermo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yermo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yermo
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.