10 Myths about Travel,
Commuting, and
Employment in the
WRCOG Subregion
City of Corona
Myths about Travel, Commuting, and Employment
This study looks at the following :
• Daily trips and travel patterns to see where residents are traveling to • What Counties residents commute to for work
• Congestion patterns
• The ratio of employed residents to jobs in each Jurisdiction Data Sources
Census Data
• Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD)
• Uses data from unemployment insurance data, Census of Employment and Wages, other census data Replica/Streetlight
• Aggregates data from cell phones, vehicle location data, and dozens of other sources Compass IOT
• Uses locational data from Vehicle manufacturers which is then resold to 3rd parties Does This Information Violate My Privacy?
• All is obtained from either public sources or third-parties which purchase their data from other sources • In many cases, private users have either “opted into sharing their data” or not “opted out” if given the chance
• Many express concerns about government stealing their data or spying on them but private agencies are doing it continually and profiting off your data
• Here are some things regularly monitoring you
– Phone
– TV
– Car navigation systems
– Computer
– Smart Home Devices
– Websites
– Services like Uber, Yelp, social media, etc.
Key Definitions
• Employed Residents: Residents who are employed
• Live and Work in Jurisdiction: Residents who work in the Jurisdiction they live in • Work and Live in Jurisdiction: Jobs held by Residents of the Jurisdiction • Home Based Work Trips: Trips from a resident's home to their work • Home Based Other Trips: Trips from a resident's home to a non-work related location (shopping, eating, school, medical, etc)
• Non Home-Based Other Trips: Trips that do not have the driver’s residence as either the origin or destination. Includes travel people make from other destinations and also deliveries.
Key Definitions
Live and Work in Jurisdiction: Residents who work in the Jurisdiction they live in Number of People who Live and Work in the Same City
= ______________________________________________________ Total Number of Residents
Work and Live in Jurisdiction: Jobs held by Residents of the Jurisdiction Number of People who Work and Live in the Same City
= ______________________________________________________ Total Number of Workers
Gray Family Typical Day (Chris, Lori, Sarah)
Person Start End Purpose
Sarah Home Starbucks Home Based Other
Sarah Starbucks Santiago High School Non-Home Based
Chris Home WRCOG Office- Riverside Home Based Work
Chris WRCOG Office- Riverside Taco Bell- University Avenue Non-Home Based Delivery Person Amazon Warehouse Gray Family Home Non-Home Based Chris Taco Bell WRCOG Office Non-Home Based
Lori Home CVS Home Based Other
Gardener Other client’s home Gray Family Home Non-Home Based Sarah Santiago High School Corona Library Non-Home Based Chris WRCOG Office EOS Fitness (Corona) Non-Home Based
Chris EOS Fitness (Corona) Home Home Based Other
Sarah Corona Library Home Home Based Other
Myth #1: All of our congestion is caused by people who live in the region traveling to other counties
• Only 10% of all total trips
leave the WRCOG region
• 53% of all trips in the City
of Corona stay within the
City
Myth #2: Many of our residents travel to LA, Orange, and San Diego County daily • More daily trips travel to Orange
County over Los Angeles, Can
Bernardino, and San Diego
• Less than 17% of trips from Corona
are going to Orange, Los Angeles,
and San Diego Counties daily
Myth #3: Most of our residents are working and driving to/from work City
% of Residents
who Work
Banning 34%
Beaumont 35%
Calimesa 36%
Canyon Lake 43%
Corona 42%
Eastvale 40%
Hemet 34%
Jurupa Valley 44%
Lake Elsinore 40%
Menifee 32%
Moreno Valley 38%
Murrieta 37%
Norco 45%
Perris 42%
Riverside 40%
San Jacinto 35%
Temecula 36%
Wildomar 39%
• Only 42% of Corona residents are actively
employed
• 30%-40% of residents are either too old to
work or too young to work
• Remaining residents are either unable to
work or choose not to work
• 31% of all
trips are
home based
trips that are
going to
places other
than work
(school,
shopping,
eating)
• Work trips are
about 75%
• Remaining
trips are
commercial
trips
(deliveries,
work related,
travel, etc)
Myth #4: All our congestion is related to work travel
Myth #5: Our freeways leaving the County are congested because of work trips Myth #6: Congestion in my area is from my neighbor's trips and not my residents • 40-50% of all trips
start and end in
the same City
• Corona is over
50%
• While your
neighbors might
be
shopping/eating
in your City, your
residents are also
shopping/eating
in their City
Myth #7: Most people live and work in the same city
• 10-15% of
people in the
WRCOG region
live and work in
the same City
• The highest
number of
people living
and working in
the same City if
25%
• Corona is 16%
• This number is
consistent
through
WRCOG and
neighboring
Counties
Average % of People who Live and Work in the Same City by Region 2002 2022
Corona 18% 15%
WRCOG 13% 10%
San Bernardino County 19% 13%
Orange County 10% 9%
San Diego County 17% 15%
% of People who Live and Work in the Same County
2002 2022
Riverside County 53% 46%
San Bernardino County 51% 47%
Orange County 68% 64%
San Diego County 85% 79%
% of People who Live and Work by Population
% of People who Live and Work by Region
Myth #8: Our region has too many people working in retail and service jobs and not enough people working in higher paying jobs
Professional
Services
Construction
& Agriculture
Education,
Health Care, &
Public Administr
ation
Retail
Trade, Hospitalit
y, &
Food Services
Logistics &
Utilities
Total
WRCOG Weig
hted Average
2.77 3.04 1.78 1.50 2.30 1.58
Corona 0.93 0.36 1.85 1.01 1.00 1.04
• The WRCOG region has a job deficit meaning that we have more employed residents as compared to jobs in each of our cities
• There are 3 employed residents for every 2 jobs
• Even with the deficit, Riverside County imports worker to fill some of these jobs City of Corona Jobs vs. Employed Residents
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
Professional Services
Construction and Agriculture
Education, Health Care, and Public Administration
Retail Trade, Hospitality, and Food Services
Logisitics and Utilities
Aggregated Industries - Jobs Held by Residents of Corona vs. Jobs in Corona
Jobs in Corona Resident Jobs
Myth #9: Bringing more jobs to my City will reduce congestion • Agencies have very
little control over
where residents
work
• Providing jobs does
not mean those jobs
will be filled by your
residents
• At best, 1 out of 4
new jobs will be
filled by your
residents
City of Irvine Example
• Irvine has 314,000
residents
• 125,000 residents
are employed
• 297,000 people
work in Irvine
• Yet Irvine imports
263,000 workers
daily and exports
91,000 residents
who work
elsewhere
• 27% of Irvine
residents work in
Irvine
• 11% of Irvine jobs
are held by Irvine
residents
Myth #10: We should survey our residents to find out where they work and bring those businesses to the City
Cal State San Marcos Residential Community- Chula
Vista
WRCOG extracted data from Compass IOT for a sample of trips traveling to/leaving the City of Corona for a 2-month period
We were able to track many of these drivers close to their final destination Key Takeaways
• Much less travel outside the region than expected
• Much of our travel is not work related but for other purposes • Congestion results from a combination of all types of trips using our roadways concurrently, not work trips
• Majority of residents work outside of the cities they live in • Cities have very little control over where their residents work or where employees in the City live
What Can a City Do About It?
• Attracting companies from other regions is expensive and would produce limited benefit
• Subsidizing housing for workers is also expensive and would produce limited benefit Office Building Affordable Housing
Unit Cost (SF or DU) $250/SF $600,000/DU
Size (Total SF or Total DU’s) 50,000 SF 20 DU
Total Cost $12,500,000 $12,000,000
City Subsidy $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Total Number of Workers/Residents 200 workers 40 residents Workers/Residents Helped 50 workers (25%) 10 residents (25%) Cost Per Resident/Worker $100,000 $500,000
What Can Work
• Grow local businesses
• Encourage local entrepreneurs
• Help existing businesses expand
• Retain existing businesses as much
as possible
• Invest in parks, public safety, and other
amenities to make your community as
attractive as possible to new and future
businesses (economic gardening)
Thank you.
Contact:
Chris Gray
Deputy Executive Director
Western Riverside Council of Governments
[email protected]
www.wrcog.us