Work & commute · Anaheim

Work & commute in Anaheim, CA

Most working residents leave Anaheim for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (7%), Santa Ana (7%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

25,191 of 150,340 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125,149 Anaheim residents head out of town to work, 25,191 work right here, and 159,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anaheim.

125,149live here, work elsewhere

25,191live and work here

159,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anaheim goes to work

Anaheim (in town)right here

17%25,191

Irvine12.3 mi away

7%10,103

Santa Ana10.9 mi away

7%10,049

Los Angeles39.1 mi away

6%9,168

Orange7.6 mi away

6%8,330

Fullerton9.9 mi away

3%5,083

Garden Grove12.7 mi away

3%4,300

Costa Mesa15.8 mi away

2%3,558

Buena Park14.3 mi away

2%2,981

Tustin9.1 mi away

2%2,881

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%68,696

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

How far

How far Anaheim commutes

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

49%

31%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anaheim is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anaheim are

184,217 jobs are based in Anaheim. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anaheim’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anaheim

184,217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Anaheim residents hold

150,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Anaheim, 2013 → 2023: 161,782 → 184,217. 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.