Work & commute · Altadena

Work & commute in Altadena, CA

Most working residents leave Altadena for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (28%), Pasadena (17%) and Burbank (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

889 of 18,358 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,469 Altadena residents head out of town to work, 889 work right here, and 5,157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altadena.

17,469live here, work elsewhere

889live and work here

5,157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Altadena goes to work

Los Angeles19.8 mi away

28%5,057

Pasadena2.2 mi away

17%3,087

Burbank10.9 mi away

6%1,079

Altadena (in town)right here

5%889

Glendale6.3 mi away

3%630

San Diego110.8 mi away

1%240

Monrovia8.9 mi away

1%204

Arcadia7 mi away

1%191

San Francisco366.8 mi away

1%175

La Cañada Flintridge3.9 mi away

1%167

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%6,639

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

How far

How far Altadena commutes

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

36%

44%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Altadena is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Altadena are

6,046 jobs are based in Altadena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Altadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Altadena

6,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Altadena residents hold

18,358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+35%

Jobs based in Altadena, 2013 → 2023: 4,470 → 6,046. 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.