Work & commute · Avocado Heights

Work & commute in Avocado Heights, CA

Most working residents leave Avocado Heights for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), Industry (8%) and El Monte (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 5,243 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 5,085 Avocado Heights residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 5,033 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avocado Heights.

5,085live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

5,033work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avocado Heights goes to work

Los Angeles23.7 mi away

15%776

Industry3.4 mi away

8%423

Avocado Heights (in town)right here

3%158

El Monte3 mi away

2%125

Pasadena11.6 mi away

2%125

Santa Fe Springs8.2 mi away

2%120

Anaheim18.7 mi away

2%117

Whittier5.1 mi away

2%101

West Covina5.2 mi away

2%89

Ontario22.5 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%3,128

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

How far

How far Avocado Heights commutes

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

42%

39%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avocado Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avocado Heights are

5,191 jobs are based in Avocado Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avocado Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avocado Heights

5,191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Avocado Heights residents hold

5,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+34%

Jobs based in Avocado Heights, 2013 → 2023: 3,867 → 5,191. 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.