Work & commute · Cypress

Work & commute in Cypress, CA

Most working residents leave Cypress for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (10%), Anaheim (7%) and Long Beach (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,324 of 23,111 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,787 Cypress residents head out of town to work, 1,324 work right here, and 22,066 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cypress.

21,787live here, work elsewhere

1,324live and work here

22,066work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cypress goes to work

Los Angeles25.5 mi away

10%2,295

Anaheim16.3 mi away

7%1,543

Long Beach7.9 mi away

7%1,528

Cypress (in town)right here

6%1,324

Irvine18.1 mi away

5%1,073

Santa Ana10.6 mi away

4%851

Garden Grove5.2 mi away

3%671

Orange10.4 mi away

3%618

Huntington Beach8.6 mi away

3%616

Buena Park3.2 mi away

2%553

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%12,039

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

How far

How far Cypress commutes

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

43%

39%

43%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cypress is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cypress are

23,390 jobs are based in Cypress. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cypress’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cypress

23,390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Cypress residents hold

23,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+4%

Jobs based in Cypress, 2013 → 2023: 22,523 → 23,390. 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.