Work & commute · Hermosa Beach

Work & commute in Hermosa Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Hermosa Beach for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (27%), El Segundo (9%) and Torrance (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

512 of 7,899 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,387 Hermosa Beach residents head out of town to work, 512 work right here, and 5,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermosa Beach.

7,387live here, work elsewhere

512live and work here

5,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermosa Beach goes to work

Los Angeles10.3 mi away

27%2,163

El Segundo3 mi away

9%698

Hermosa Beach (in town)right here

6%512

Torrance3.9 mi away

5%366

Manhattan Beach1.7 mi away

4%311

Redondo Beach1.4 mi away

4%306

Santa Monica11.1 mi away

3%272

Burbank22.6 mi away

3%217

Hawthorne4.5 mi away

3%200

Culver City9.4 mi away

2%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,682

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

How far

How far Hermosa Beach commutes

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

43%

37%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermosa Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hermosa Beach are

6,431 jobs are based in Hermosa Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hermosa Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hermosa Beach

6,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hermosa Beach residents hold

7,899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+31%

Jobs based in Hermosa Beach, 2013 → 2023: 4,893 → 6,431. 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.