Work & commute · Arcadia

Work & commute in Arcadia, CA

Most working residents leave Arcadia for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (22%), Pasadena (9%) and Alhambra (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,276 of 21,718 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,442 Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 2,276 work right here, and 22,635 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia.

19,442live here, work elsewhere

2,276live and work here

22,635work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia goes to work

Los Angeles22.8 mi away

22%4,698

Arcadia (in town)right here

10%2,276

Pasadena6.1 mi away

9%1,857

Alhambra6.7 mi away

2%525

Industry9.2 mi away

2%483

El Monte4 mi away

2%467

Monrovia3.7 mi away

2%450

Glendale12.4 mi away

2%436

Monterey Park8 mi away

2%398

Burbank17.1 mi away

2%382

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%9,746

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

How far

How far Arcadia commutes

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

43%

39%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia are

24,911 jobs are based in Arcadia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcadia

24,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Arcadia residents hold

21,718 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−9%

Jobs based in Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 27,227 → 24,911. 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.