Work & commute · Hawthorne

Work & commute in Hawthorne, CA

Most working residents leave Hawthorne for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (33%), Torrance (5%) and El Segundo (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,055 of 36,394 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,339 Hawthorne residents head out of town to work, 2,055 work right here, and 25,909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawthorne.

34,339live here, work elsewhere

2,055live and work here

25,909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawthorne goes to work

Los Angeles8.1 mi away

33%12,113

Hawthorne (in town)right here

6%2,055

Torrance5.8 mi away

5%1,811

El Segundo4.4 mi away

5%1,709

Inglewood2.9 mi away

3%992

Culver City6.9 mi away

3%910

Long Beach13.9 mi away

2%793

Santa Monica10.9 mi away

2%784

Carson7.6 mi away

2%727

Redondo Beach5.4 mi away

2%611

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%13,889

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

How far

How far Hawthorne commutes

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

52%

31%

52%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawthorne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawthorne are

27,964 jobs are based in Hawthorne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hawthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hawthorne

27,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Hawthorne residents hold

36,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+26%

Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 22,135 → 27,964. 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.