Work & commute · La Crescenta-Montrose

Work & commute in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA

Most working residents leave La Crescenta-Montrose for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (35%), Glendale (11%) and Burbank (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

390 of 8,854 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

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,464 La Crescenta-Montrose residents head out of town to work, 390 work right here, and 2,695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Crescenta-Montrose.

8,464live here, work elsewhere

390live and work here

2,695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Crescenta-Montrose goes to work

Los Angeles17.8 mi away

35%3,112

Glendale3.6 mi away

11%950

Burbank6 mi away

7%587

Pasadena7.5 mi away

7%586

La Crescenta-Montrose (in town)right here

4%390

La Cañada Flintridge2.5 mi away

2%179

Irvine46.7 mi away

1%116

San Francisco360.7 mi away

1%82

San Diego116.3 mi away

1%80

Santa Monica21.5 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,706

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

How far

How far La Crescenta-Montrose commutes

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

38%

42%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Crescenta-Montrose is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Crescenta-Montrose are

3,085 jobs are based in La Crescenta-Montrose. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Crescenta-Montrose’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Crescenta-Montrose

3,085 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs La Crescenta-Montrose residents hold

8,854 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in La Crescenta-Montrose, 2013 → 2023: 2,656 → 3,085. 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.