Work & commute · La Cañada Flintridge

Work & commute in La Cañada Flintridge, CA

Most working residents leave La Cañada Flintridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (34%), Pasadena (10%) and Glendale (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

492 of 8,398 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,906 La Cañada Flintridge residents head out of town to work, 492 work right here, and 5,163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Cañada Flintridge.

7,906live here, work elsewhere

492live and work here

5,163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Cañada Flintridge goes to work

Los Angeles17.9 mi away

34%2,873

Pasadena5 mi away

10%845

Glendale3.3 mi away

7%601

La Cañada Flintridge (in town)right here

6%492

Burbank7.4 mi away

5%415

San Diego113.9 mi away

1%103

Duarte14.7 mi away

1%85

Vernon14.5 mi away

1%83

Irvine44.3 mi away

1%78

San Francisco363.3 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,757

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

How far

How far La Cañada Flintridge commutes

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

35%

45%

11%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Cañada Flintridge is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in La Cañada Flintridge are

5,655 jobs are based in La Cañada Flintridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Cañada Flintridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Cañada Flintridge

5,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs La Cañada Flintridge residents hold

8,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in La Cañada Flintridge, 2013 → 2023: 5,573 → 5,655. 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.