Work & commute · Acton

Work & commute in Acton, CA

Most working residents leave Acton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (29%), Santa Clarita (9%) and Burbank (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 3,450 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,290 Acton residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 1,141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acton.

3,290live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

1,141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acton goes to work

Los Angeles35.4 mi away

29%986

Santa Clarita18.9 mi away

9%305

Burbank22.7 mi away

7%242

Palmdale7.9 mi away

5%161

Acton (in town)right here

5%160

Lancaster13.7 mi away

3%112

Pasadena23.3 mi away

1%44

Glendale22 mi away

1%41

Culver City36 mi away

1%30

Santa Monica38 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,339

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

29%

50%

12%

10%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acton is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Acton are

1,301 jobs are based in Acton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acton

1,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Acton residents hold

3,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Acton, 2013 → 2023: 1,311 → 1,301. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.