Work & commute · Bell Gardens

Work & commute in Bell Gardens, CA

Most working residents leave Bell Gardens for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Commerce (4%) and Downey (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

662 of 13,713 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 13,051 Bell Gardens residents head out of town to work, 662 work right here, and 6,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bell Gardens.

13,051live here, work elsewhere

662live and work here

6,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bell Gardens goes to work

Los Angeles15.2 mi away

23%3,138

Bell Gardens (in town)right here

5%662

Commerce2.1 mi away

4%606

Downey2.3 mi away

3%460

Santa Fe Springs5.7 mi away

3%424

Vernon4.1 mi away

3%354

Long Beach12.7 mi away

2%333

Montebello4.3 mi away

2%302

South Gate2.6 mi away

2%264

Anaheim23.9 mi away

2%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%6,936

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

How far

How far Bell Gardens commutes

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

54%

30%

54%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bell Gardens is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.50 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bell Gardens are

6,912 jobs are based in Bell Gardens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bell Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bell Gardens

6,912 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bell Gardens residents hold

13,713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Bell Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 8,181 → 6,912. 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.