Work & commute · Cudahy

Work & commute in Cudahy, CA

Most working residents leave Cudahy for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (25%), Commerce (3%) and Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

268 of 8,186 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 7,918 Cudahy residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 3,022 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cudahy.

7,918live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

3,022work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cudahy goes to work

Los Angeles13.6 mi away

25%2,074

Cudahy (in town)right here

3%268

Commerce2.8 mi away

3%262

Vernon3 mi away

3%249

Santa Fe Springs7.2 mi away

3%247

Downey3.5 mi away

3%214

Long Beach12.7 mi away

3%210

South Gate1.5 mi away

2%181

Huntington Park2.3 mi away

2%141

Carson9.4 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,207

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

How far

How far Cudahy commutes

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

55%

29%

55%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cudahy is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cudahy are

3,290 jobs are based in Cudahy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cudahy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cudahy

3,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Cudahy residents hold

8,186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+28%

Jobs based in Cudahy, 2013 → 2023: 2,577 → 3,290. 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.