Work & commute · Glendale

Work & commute in Glendale, CA

About one in 5 of Glendale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (37%), Burbank (8%) and Pasadena (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

16,205 of 80,273 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64,068 Glendale residents head out of town to work, 16,205 work right here, and 74,267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glendale.

64,068live here, work elsewhere

16,205live and work here

74,267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glendale goes to work

Los Angeles14.6 mi away

37%29,838

Glendale (in town)right here

20%16,205

Burbank4.6 mi away

8%6,392

Pasadena6.3 mi away

4%3,251

San Diego113.6 mi away

1%843

Beverly Hills11.4 mi away

1%798

Culver City14.9 mi away

1%702

San Francisco362.8 mi away

1%702

Santa Monica18.6 mi away

1%696

Irvine44.1 mi away

1%688

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%20,158

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

How far

How far Glendale commutes

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

58%

26%

58%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glendale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glendale are

90,472 jobs are based in Glendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glendale

90,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Glendale residents hold

80,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+12%

Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 80,777 → 90,472. 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.