Work & commute · Duarte

Work & commute in Duarte, CA

Most working residents leave Duarte for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (16%), Pasadena (7%) and Monrovia (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

791 of 9,761 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,970 Duarte residents head out of town to work, 791 work right here, and 12,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duarte.

8,970live here, work elsewhere

791live and work here

12,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duarte goes to work

Los Angeles28.1 mi away

16%1,550

Duarte (in town)right here

8%791

Pasadena10.7 mi away

7%732

Monrovia1.9 mi away

4%348

Arcadia5.3 mi away

3%316

Irwindale3.5 mi away

2%174

Industry9.3 mi away

2%172

Glendale16.9 mi away

2%161

Burbank21.6 mi away

2%147

El Monte7.5 mi away

1%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,225

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

How far

How far Duarte commutes

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

35%

38%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duarte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duarte are

12,887 jobs are based in Duarte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duarte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duarte

12,887 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Duarte residents hold

9,761 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Duarte, 2013 → 2023: 10,456 → 12,887. 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.