Work & commute · Fullerton

Work & commute in Fullerton, CA

Most working residents leave Fullerton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Anaheim (10%), Los Angeles (8%) and Irvine (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

6,243 of 60,273 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54,030 Fullerton residents head out of town to work, 6,243 work right here, and 52,485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fullerton.

54,030live here, work elsewhere

6,243live and work here

52,485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fullerton goes to work

Fullerton (in town)right here

10%6,243

Anaheim9.9 mi away

10%6,182

Los Angeles29.2 mi away

8%4,954

Irvine16.9 mi away

5%2,986

Santa Ana10.6 mi away

4%2,655

Orange7.8 mi away

4%2,552

Brea4.5 mi away

3%1,929

Buena Park5 mi away

3%1,612

Garden Grove7.6 mi away

2%1,109

Placentia4.2 mi away

2%931

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%29,120

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

How far

How far Fullerton commutes

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

46%

34%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fullerton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fullerton are

58,728 jobs are based in Fullerton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fullerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fullerton

58,728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Fullerton residents hold

60,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+13%

Jobs based in Fullerton, 2013 → 2023: 52,122 → 58,728. 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.