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1 Employee and Resident Worker Data and Commute PatternsCity of Riverside Chris GrayInterim Executive Director
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2 Data Sources•Census•Census on the Map tool•NACIS Association NACIS Industry Sector Designation
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3 Aggregated Industries- Resident Jobs vs. Jobs in Riverside Disaggregated Industries- Resident Jobs vs. Jobs in Riverside 8/7/2026
4 Inflow and Outflow of Jobs in the City
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5 Riverside Travel and Commute Patterns
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6 Items to Note•There is a tendency for cities to want to internalize as many jobs as possible•Internalizing jobs, unless done at a massive scale, will not impact commuting patternsoRiverside generates approximately 1 million daily car trips (in and out)oBringing 500 jobs where all of the workers already live in Riverside will not move the needle in terms of traffic congestion •Majority of travel is not work-relatedoOnly 1/3 of your residents are employedoMajority of people are either too old, too you, choose not to work, or are not able to work•If the City were to add a significant number of jobs, it could create more traffic congestion (Irvine as an example)•The best the City can do is provide options for residents and workers•There is a bi-directional pattern in terms of housing and jobs Housing/Jobs Connection •Policy makers often focus on getting more jobs to an area to reduce the number of people commuting out•Providing housing options can reduce the commuting in•Dallas ExampleoWhen a large company is considering relocating to Dallas, they are taken on a tour of housing optionsCEO housingC-suite housingDirector housingManager housingYoung professional housingAdministrative staff housingoThey are able to demonstrate that there are options for all of the employees, note the senior staff•You want to have housing to help attract businesses and also to give those persons living in the City the chance to live closer to their jobs 8/7/2026
7 City of Riverside vs City of Irvine
City of Riverside City of Irvine
Ratio of Resident Jobs vs. Jobs in RiversideTotalLogistics & UtilitiesRetail Trade, Hospitality, and Food ServicesEducation, Health, & Public AdministrationConstruction & AgricultureProfessional Services0.991.671.040.820.901.00City of Riverside1.582.301.501.783.042.77*WRCOG Region Weighted Average * Excluding County data 8/7/2026
8 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%BanningBeaumontCalimesaCanyon LakeCoronaEastvaleHemetJurupa ValleyLake ElsinoreMenifeeMoreno ValleyMurrietaNorcoPerrisRiversideSan JacintoTemeculaWildomarPercent of Residents who Live and Work in the Jurisidiction% Who Live and Work
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00%BanningBeaumontCalimesaCanyon LakeCoronaEastvaleHemetJurupa ValleyLake ElsinoreMenifeeMoreno ValleyMurrietaNorcoPerrisRiversideSan JacintoTemeculaWildomarPercent of Jobs Held by Residents% of Jobs Held by Residents 8/7/2026
9 Takeaways•The City of Riverside has an almost equal amount of employed residents to jobs•The sector with the most amount of employed residents is Education, Health Care, and Public Administration which includes: oTeachersoNurses & DoctorsoFederal, State, and City/County Government employeesoPolice & Fire•The highest number of jobs in the City is Education, Health Care, & Public Administration•24% of employed residents work and live in the City and 20% of jobs in the City are held by residents•Many of the jobs in the City are associated with large institutions (Riverside County, UCR, etc) Recommendations•We as government agencies can't control where people live and work; however, we need to provide them with options or we risk losing them•Keep doing what you are doing:oSupport existing businessesoBring new businesses in•Having communities people want to live in (at all levels can attract businesses)•Continue to provide housing options oReduces in-commuting oCan help attract businesses•Focus on quality of life metricsoPublic safetyoCommunity services oAmenities •Business location and relocation is not based solely on cost, transportation, etc. but also on perception of the area (economic gardening)