Work & commute · Commerce

Work & commute in Commerce, CA

Most working residents leave Commerce for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (25%), Montebello (3%) and Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

572 of 4,858 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 4,286 Commerce residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 43,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commerce.

4,286live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

43,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commerce goes to work

Los Angeles15 mi away

25%1,212

Commerce (in town)right here

12%572

Montebello2.7 mi away

3%161

Vernon3.5 mi away

3%123

Santa Fe Springs6.5 mi away

2%121

Long Beach14.8 mi away

2%111

Downey4 mi away

2%110

Bell Gardens2.1 mi away

2%79

Bell2 mi away

2%78

Anaheim24.4 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,215

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

How far

How far Commerce commutes

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

58%

28%

58%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commerce is a job hub

9.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

9.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Commerce are

44,133 jobs are based in Commerce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Commerce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Commerce

44,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Commerce residents hold

4,858 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Commerce, 2013 → 2023: 43,986 → 44,133. 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.