Work & commute · Artesia

Work & commute in Artesia, CA

Most working residents leave Artesia for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), Cerritos (6%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

463 of 7,057 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,594 Artesia residents head out of town to work, 463 work right here, and 5,881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Artesia.

6,594live here, work elsewhere

463live and work here

5,881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Artesia goes to work

Los Angeles21.6 mi away

15%1,041

Artesia (in town)right here

7%463

Cerritos0.6 mi away

6%418

Long Beach7.8 mi away

5%362

Anaheim18.5 mi away

4%294

Santa Fe Springs4.7 mi away

2%173

Irvine22.1 mi away

2%166

Norwalk2.8 mi away

2%160

Torrance16 mi away

2%146

Buena Park4.3 mi away

2%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,703

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

How far

How far Artesia commutes

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

43%

41%

43%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Artesia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Artesia are

6,344 jobs are based in Artesia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Artesia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Artesia

6,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Artesia residents hold

7,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+29%

Jobs based in Artesia, 2013 → 2023: 4,929 → 6,344. 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.