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Work & commute in Alhambra, CA

Most working residents leave Alhambra for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (30%), Pasadena (6%) and Monterey Park (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
3,000 of 34,703 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,703 Alhambra residents head out of town to work, 3,000 work right here, and 21,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alhambra.

31,703live here, work elsewhere
3,000live and work here
21,850work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Alhambra goes to work

South PasadenaSan MarinoSan GabrielRosemeadMonterey ParkAlhambraEl MonteIndustryArcadiaBurbankWest CovinaPasadenaGlendaleLos AngelesEast Los AngelesLos AngelesPasadenaMonterey ParkBurbankGlendaleEl MonteSan GabrielIndustryArcadiaAlhambra
1
Los Angeles16.3 mi away
30%10,505
2
Alhambra (in town)right here
9%3,000
3
Pasadena5.3 mi away
6%2,104
4
Monterey Park2.4 mi away
3%1,067
5
Burbank13.1 mi away
2%864
6
Glendale9.2 mi away
2%746
7
El Monte6.2 mi away
2%592
8
San Gabriel2.3 mi away
2%583
9
Industry11.9 mi away
2%543
10
Arcadia6.7 mi away
2%522
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%14,177

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

How far

How far Alhambra commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Alhambra is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alhambra are

24,850 jobs are based in Alhambra. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alhambra’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alhambra

24,850 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Alhambra residents hold

34,703 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+7%

Jobs based in Alhambra, 2013 → 2023: 23,238 → 24,850. 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.

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