UPDATE 2-08-2012 Moreno Valley, and Why We Commute (It’s the Money and the Type of Job).
When it comes down to the issue of people commuting from Moreno Valley to other cities, it seems to a big issue with the City of Moreno Valley, however they never speak of those who commute into our City, such as the 600 new employees at the City’s 1.8 million square foot warehouse in the city’s Rancho Belago area. This was a project which was not only going to give jobs to those in need in Moreno Valley, but lower the rate of commuter traffic from the city as well. Apparently the City of Moreno Valley fails in both areas.
But let’s take a closer look at where commuters from the Riverside (including Moreno Valley) area commute.
Per the latest Statistics Available from The California Employment Development Department:
Riverside County:
Total Workers That Live and Work In Riverside 417,137
Total Workers Commuting Out 173,379
Total Workers Commuting In 82,167
Where do they go?
60,412 to San Bernardino County
51,609 to Orange County
36,802 to Los Angeles County
18,641 to San Diego County
The remaining 5,915, travel to areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, Nevada and Mexico.
Where do they come from?
52,016 from San Bernardino County
11,451 from Orange County
9,293 from Los Angeles County
5,882 from San Diego County
*The remaining 3,525, travel from areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County and Nevada.
San Bernardino County:
Total Workers That Live and Work In San Bernardino 456,568
Total Workers Commuting Out 202,140
Total Workers Commuting In 120,149
Where do they go?
111,439 to Los Angeles County
52,016 to Riverside County
28,914 to Orange County
1,797 to San Diego County
1,089 to Kern County
The remaining 6,885, travel to areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, Nevada and Mexico.
Where do they come from?
60,412 from Riverside County
41,162 from Los Angeles County
9,486 from Orange County
2,373 from San Diego County
*The remaining 6,716, travel from areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County and Nevada.
Orange County:
Total Workers That Live and Work In Orange 1,090,703
Total Workers Commuting Out 223,284
Total Workers Commuting In 260,415
Where do they go?
185,145 to Los Angeles County
11,451 to Riverside County
9,486 to San Bernardino County
6,786 to San Diego County
The remaining 10,416, travel to areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, Nevada and Mexico.
Where do they come from?
160,279 from Los Angeles County
51,609 from Riverside County
28,914 from San Bernardino County
12,277 from San Diego County
*The remaining 7,336, travel from areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County and Nevada.
Los Angeles County:
Total Workers That Live and Work In Los Angeles 3,576,406
Total Workers Commuting Out 282,344
Total Workers Commuting In 439,874
Where do they go?
160,279 to Orange County
41,162 to San Bernardino County
31,867 to Ventura County
9,293 to Riverside County
6,075 to Kern County
4,639 to San Diego County
The remaining 29,029, travel to areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, Nevada and Mexico.
Where do they come from?
185,145 from Orange County
111,439 from San Bernardino County
68,505 from Ventura County
36,802 from Riverside County
7,768 from San Diego County
7,206 from Kern County
*The remaining 23,009, travel from areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, and Nevada.
San Diego County:
Total Workers That Live and Work In San Diego 1,253,629
Total Workers Commuting Out 45,874
Total Workers Commuting In 40,311
Where do they go?
12,277 to Orange County
7,768 to Los Angeles County
5,882 to Riverside County
2,532 to Mexico
2,373 to San Bernardino County
The remaining 15,042, travel to areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, and Nevada.
Where do they come from?
18,644 from Riverside County
6,786 from Orange County
4,639 from Los Angeles County
1,797 from San Bernardino County
*The remaining 8,445, travel from areas near, or in Arizona as well as counties north of Los Angeles County, and Nevada.
*No data is available for commuters coming from Mexico into the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino or San Diego Counties.
Now to fully understand these commuting patterns you must look at what each county has to offer in the way of employment (when we say employment we mean types of jobs offered) and wages, after all that is the main motivation for most workers.
*Los Angeles derives the majority of their jobs in the sector of Education and Health at 22.9% followed by Professional Management at 15.2%. These jobs held average yearly earnings from $47,000 (education and health) to $88,000 (professional management).
*Orange County derives the majority of their job in the sector of Professional Management at 19.2% followed by Education and Health at 19.1%. These jobs held average yearly earnings from $47,000 (education and health) to $76,000 (professional management).
*Riverside County derives the majority of their jobs in the sector of Education and Health at 22.5% followed by Retail at 14.3%. These jobs held average yearly earnings from $29,000 (retail) to $45,000 (education and health), with Professional Management at 11.2% and a yearly earnings of $48,000.
*San Bernardino County derives the majority of their jobs in the sector Education and Health at 24.5% followed Professional Management at 13.2%. These jobs average yearly earnings from $47,000 (education and health) $56,000 (profession management).
San Diego County (no information is provided).
*Source Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).
As you can see there is a large financial benefit in commuting for those within the top employment sectors in the five southern counties of California. Riverside County ranks as the lowest paying jobs market in Southern California.
If you happen to work in management or in a professional or technical field the jobs are in the surrounding counties, and not here in Riverside County, furthermore the commute to other counties can earn you anywhere from $10,000 to over $40,000 annually when compared to Riverside County.
The growth of the transportation and warehousing industry will do little to reduce the number of commuters from the Riverside areas such as Moreno Valley, as those who commute do so because of their employment title and job categories.
The number of management, professional and technical jobs, that transportation and warehousing will bring are minimal to nil. The wages these businesses will bring will not provide the $45,000 per year as the City and those who support Highland Fairview’s ambitions have been claiming.
Most positions within these developments will be at a labor level well below management and supervision, with a wage range from $8.17 per hour to $13.85 per hour based on the employer, the size of the employer as well as the number of overall employees and union or non-union participation.
These wages equate to around $16,321.20 to $27,838.50 annually, a difference of $17,161.50 to $28,678.80 below that which the City of Moreno Valley and those in support of Highland Fairview have claimed.
Another way to look at it is through the unemployment rates, and rates of increased commuter traffic in correlations with the development of these warehouse and distribution centers. As the number of such developments (almost the only developments in the region) have increased over the past few years, so have the rates of commuters to other counties, as well as the unemployment rate within Riverside County, proof that these businesses do not promote the needed employment to overcome low employment numbers or to satisfy the need for jobs within the sectors which draw those form Moreno Valley to commute to other counties, such as the professional, management, and technical jobs those other cities have to offer and at a greatly increased wage scale.
Yes, these warehouses and distribution centers will benefit the developer as they are much less costly and time consuming to build, than professional offices etc., as these building require a great deal more finish work as dose a warehouse, and industrial rental brings in more profit per square foot than does office space. The cities also normally benefit more in the way it charges for industrial use than it would for commercial office use of property, and the sales tax incentive alone is a good pull for cities as most services in the professional and technical are do not collect sales tax.
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Great info Gordie! !! The people who want this scam are either uneducated or going to profit at the people’s expense! !!!
This is an excellent post. I hope that people really use this information when the time comes to “debate” the newly proposed warehouse development and start to ask hard hit questions. thank you for all of this work you have done.