Work & commute · East Whittier

Work & commute in East Whittier, CA

Most working residents leave East Whittier for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (13%), Anaheim (5%) and Santa Fe Springs (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 4,469 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,395 East Whittier residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Whittier.

4,395live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Whittier goes to work

Los Angeles25.1 mi away

13%560

Anaheim14 mi away

5%234

Santa Fe Springs4.3 mi away

5%215

Whittier3.4 mi away

5%208

Fullerton4.4 mi away

4%159

Brea7.1 mi away

3%131

La Habra2.1 mi away

3%118

Long Beach14.3 mi away

2%110

La Mirada1.9 mi away

2%108

Irvine21.1 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,521

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

How far

How far East Whittier commutes

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

45%

38%

45%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Whittier is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Whittier are

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

Jobs based in East Whittier

706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs East Whittier residents hold

4,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in East Whittier, 2013 → 2023: 744 → 706. 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.