Work & commute · Gardena

Work & commute in Gardena, CA

Most working residents leave Gardena for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (31%), Torrance (8%) and El Segundo (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,551 of 25,895 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 24,344 Gardena residents head out of town to work, 1,551 work right here, and 18,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardena.

24,344live here, work elsewhere

1,551live and work here

18,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardena goes to work

Los Angeles10.5 mi away

31%7,940

Torrance5.2 mi away

8%2,013

Gardena (in town)right here

6%1,551

El Segundo6.8 mi away

4%931

Long Beach11.2 mi away

3%824

Carson5 mi away

3%718

Hawthorne2.7 mi away

2%582

Redondo Beach6.2 mi away

2%475

Culver City9.2 mi away

2%462

Inglewood4.8 mi away

2%433

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9,966

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

How far

How far Gardena commutes

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

51%

32%

51%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardena is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardena are

20,213 jobs are based in Gardena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardena

20,213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Gardena residents hold

25,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−11%

Jobs based in Gardena, 2013 → 2023: 22,615 → 20,213. 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.