Work & commute · East Pasadena

Work & commute in East Pasadena, CA

Most working residents leave East Pasadena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Pasadena (14%) and Glendale (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 2,356 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,266 East Pasadena residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 1,928 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Pasadena.

2,266live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

1,928work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Pasadena goes to work

Los Angeles20.7 mi away

23%542

Pasadena3.8 mi away

14%340

East Pasadena (in town)right here

4%90

Glendale10.1 mi away

3%66

Arcadia2.4 mi away

3%62

Burbank14.7 mi away

2%55

Alhambra5 mi away

2%41

Monterey Park6.9 mi away

1%34

El Monte5.1 mi away

1%33

San Gabriel3.1 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,062

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

How far

How far East Pasadena commutes

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

40%

11%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Pasadena is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Pasadena are

2,018 jobs are based in East Pasadena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Pasadena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Pasadena

2,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs East Pasadena residents hold

2,356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+13%

Jobs based in East Pasadena, 2013 → 2023: 1,793 → 2,018. 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.