Work & commute · Aliso Viejo

Work & commute in Aliso Viejo, CA

Most working residents leave Aliso Viejo for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (17%), Los Angeles (5%) and Newport Beach (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,785 of 23,501 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,716 Aliso Viejo residents head out of town to work, 1,785 work right here, and 18,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aliso Viejo.

21,716live here, work elsewhere

1,785live and work here

18,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aliso Viejo goes to work

Irvine7.3 mi away

17%4,031

Aliso Viejo (in town)right here

8%1,785

Los Angeles49.6 mi away

5%1,278

Newport Beach8.5 mi away

5%1,268

Santa Ana14 mi away

4%942

Mission Viejo4.7 mi away

4%864

Costa Mesa12.1 mi away

4%835

Anaheim19.2 mi away

3%635

Lake Forest6.1 mi away

3%618

Orange16.2 mi away

3%611

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%10,634

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

How far

How far Aliso Viejo commutes

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

44%

27%

15%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aliso Viejo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aliso Viejo are

19,788 jobs are based in Aliso Viejo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aliso Viejo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aliso Viejo

19,788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Aliso Viejo residents hold

23,501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+23%

Jobs based in Aliso Viejo, 2013 → 2023: 16,121 → 19,788. 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.