Work & commute · Bellflower

Work & commute in Bellflower, CA

Most working residents leave Bellflower for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (18%), Long Beach (8%) and Anaheim (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,539 of 32,817 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,278 Bellflower residents head out of town to work, 1,539 work right here, and 15,400 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellflower.

31,278live here, work elsewhere

1,539live and work here

15,400work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellflower goes to work

Los Angeles18.6 mi away

18%5,771

Long Beach7.8 mi away

8%2,547

Bellflower (in town)right here

5%1,539

Anaheim21.3 mi away

3%963

Cerritos3.6 mi away

3%907

Downey3.5 mi away

3%907

Santa Fe Springs4.9 mi away

2%797

Carson7.7 mi away

2%697

Paramount2.4 mi away

2%591

Torrance13.7 mi away

2%553

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%17,545

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

How far

How far Bellflower commutes

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

44%

39%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellflower is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellflower are

16,939 jobs are based in Bellflower. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bellflower’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bellflower

16,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bellflower residents hold

32,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Bellflower, 2013 → 2023: 18,575 → 16,939. 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.