Work & commute · El Segundo

Work & commute in El Segundo, CA

About one in 5 of El Segundo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (29%), Santa Monica (3%) and Torrance (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,678 of 8,288 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,610 El Segundo residents head out of town to work, 1,678 work right here, and 72,494 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Segundo.

6,610live here, work elsewhere

1,678live and work here

72,494work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Segundo goes to work

Los Angeles7.6 mi away

29%2,421

El Segundo (in town)right here

20%1,678

Santa Monica8.1 mi away

3%288

Torrance6.8 mi away

3%242

Manhattan Beach1.3 mi away

3%229

Culver City6.8 mi away

3%208

Redondo Beach4.4 mi away

2%191

Burbank20.1 mi away

2%189

Hawthorne4.4 mi away

2%183

Long Beach17.2 mi away

2%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,511

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

How far

How far El Segundo commutes

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

60%

24%

60%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Segundo is a job hub

8.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

8.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in El Segundo are

74,172 jobs are based in El Segundo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Segundo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Segundo

74,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs El Segundo residents hold

8,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+12%

Jobs based in El Segundo, 2013 → 2023: 66,208 → 74,172. 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.