Work & commute · Avalon

Work & commute in Avalon, CA

41% of Avalon’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (12%), Long Beach (2%) and Irvine (2%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

564 of 1,389 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 825 Avalon residents head out of town to work, 564 work right here, and 1,022 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avalon.

825live here, work elsewhere

564live and work here

1,022work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avalon goes to work

Avalon (in town)right here

41%564

Los Angeles46.9 mi away

12%165

Long Beach31.4 mi away

2%34

Irvine39.2 mi away

2%21

San Diego78 mi away

1%20

San Francisco402.2 mi away

1%18

Anaheim47.9 mi away

1%17

Glendale58 mi away

1%15

Garden Grove36.5 mi away

1%14

Santa Ana37.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%507

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

How far

How far Avalon commutes

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

42%

30%

28%

42%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avalon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avalon are

1,586 jobs are based in Avalon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avalon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avalon

1,586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Avalon residents hold

1,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Avalon, 2013 → 2023: 1,486 → 1,586. 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.