Nestable and Stackable Pallets: Inland Empire

Inland Empire, by road

Ontario, Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga are the warehouse belt east of Los Angeles, on I-10, I-15 and I-215. Inland Empire is counted here as the metropolitan area in California that the Census Bureau delineates, and its pallet traffic is set by that geography.

Warehousing and storage is where this area is most concentrated, at 5.9 times the national share of employment. The area reaches into Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Counties

ZIP codes with the most warehouses

The five largest ZIP codes hold 302 establishments between them. Ontario (91761) leads with 122, 40.4 percent of the five.

Reading the numbers

• San Bernardino County has 67,058 warehousing jobs, 56.7 percent of the 118,368 in the Inland Empire area.
• Riverside County has 51,310 warehousing jobs, 43.3 percent of the 118,368 in the Inland Empire area, 15,748 fewer than San Bernardino.
• Chino (91710) has 71 fewer warehousing establishments than Ontario (91761), 51 against 122.
• Mira Loma (91752) has 76 fewer warehousing establishments than Ontario (91761), 46 against 122.
• Rancho Cucamonga (91730) has 80 fewer warehousing establishments than Ontario (91761), 42 against 122.
• Fontana (92337) has 81 fewer warehousing establishments than Ontario (91761), 41 against 122.
• San Bernardino County's 67,058 is 28.3 percent of all 236,923 warehousing jobs in California.
• Riverside County's 51,310 is 21.7 percent of all 236,923 warehousing jobs in California.
• ZIP 91761 in Ontario ranks number 1 of the five, with 122 warehousing establishments, 40.4 percent of their combined total and 2.98 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 91710 in Chino ranks number 2 of the five, with 51 warehousing establishments, 16.9 percent of their combined total and 1.24 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 91752 in Mira Loma ranks number 3 of the five, with 46 warehousing establishments, 15.2 percent of their combined total and 1.12 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 91730 in Rancho Cucamonga ranks number 4 of the five, with 42 warehousing establishments, 13.9 percent of their combined total and 1.02 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 92337 in Fontana ranks number 5 of the five, with 41 warehousing establishments, 13.6 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.
• Warehousing and storage employs 118,368 in the area, 1.00 for every warehousing job.
• Refrigerated warehousing employs 1,565 in the area (partial), 0.01 for every warehousing job.
• Grocery and related product wholesale employs 13,219 in the area, 0.11 for every warehousing job.
• Plastics product manufacturing employs 8,907 in the area, 0.08 for every warehousing job.
• California's beverage manufacturing employment, 63,604, is 0.54 times the Inland Empire area's warehousing jobs.
• California's fruit and vegetable preserving employment, 27,518, is 0.23 times the Inland Empire area's warehousing jobs.
• Los Angeles, also in California, has 27,225 warehousing jobs, 0.23 times Inland Empire's.
• Fresno, also in California, has 5,006 warehousing jobs, 0.04 times Inland Empire's.
• Stockton, also in California, has 28,518 warehousing jobs, 0.24 times Inland Empire's.

Who ships pallets here

In Inland Empire, warehousing and storage employs 118,368. Racks decide the order of questions: a pallet that sits on beams needs a racking load that matches the span, and a floor-stacked pallet needs a static load that matches the bottom of the stack. It tends to lean on rackable where the pallet lives on beams, stackable for block stacking, nestable for the empties that go back, usually in 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the racking load, and the beam span it was rated on.

The empty return

An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 302 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in Inland Empire sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 241,600 pallets. The table counts the 53 ft trailers that takes at three makers' published nestable figures, beside the 540 per trailer of a rackable.

In its state

Among the 6 metros of California that have a page here, Inland Empire ranks number 1 by warehousing jobs.

Inland Empire holds 50.0 percent of California's 236,923 private warehousing jobs. See the California page for the whole state.

Other metros in California with their own page: Los Angeles, Fresno, Stockton, San Francisco-Oakland and Salinas.

Interstates serving the area: I-10.

Words on this page

Dynamic load

The weight a pallet holds while it is moved by a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor. It is lower than static because motion adds shock.

ZIP Code Business Patterns

A Census Bureau series that counts establishments by ZIP code and industry.

Footprint

The length and width of a pallet deck. It is chosen to fit the container, the drum, the bag or the receiving rack.

Stretch wrap

Elastic film wound around a loaded pallet to hold the load together.

Cruciform base

A base shaped like a plus sign under the pallet, which gives a stable footprint and slides well on conveyors.

Nest increment

The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. A small increment means a short stack.

Racking load

The weight a pallet holds when it rests on two rack beams with an open gap between them. It is usually the lowest rating and only exists for pallets built for racks.

Last mile

The final leg of a delivery, from a local depot to the customer.

Intermodal

Freight that changes between truck, rail and ship in the same container.