Work & commute · Claremont

Work & commute in Claremont, CA

Most working residents leave Claremont for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (11%), Pomona (5%) and Ontario (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

2,630 of 14,834 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,204 Claremont residents head out of town to work, 2,630 work right here, and 13,907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claremont.

12,204live here, work elsewhere

2,630live and work here

13,907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claremont goes to work

Claremont (in town)right here

18%2,630

Los Angeles40.5 mi away

11%1,691

Pomona5.3 mi away

5%748

Ontario8.7 mi away

4%567

Rancho Cucamonga8.5 mi away

3%482

Upland3.1 mi away

3%454

Pasadena24.4 mi away

3%438

La Verne3.2 mi away

2%261

Chino10.5 mi away

2%246

Anaheim18.8 mi away

2%245

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%7,072

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

How far

How far Claremont commutes

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

41%

23%

28%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claremont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Claremont are

16,537 jobs are based in Claremont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claremont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claremont

16,537 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Claremont residents hold

14,834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+20%

Jobs based in Claremont, 2013 → 2023: 13,757 → 16,537. 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.