Work & commute · La Habra

Work & commute in La Habra, CA

Most working residents leave La Habra for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Anaheim (8%), Los Angeles (8%) and Fullerton (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,672 of 28,828 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,156 La Habra residents head out of town to work, 1,672 work right here, and 13,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Habra.

27,156live here, work elsewhere

1,672live and work here

13,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Habra goes to work

Anaheim12.2 mi away

8%2,226

Los Angeles27 mi away

8%2,168

La Habra (in town)right here

6%1,672

Fullerton3.2 mi away

5%1,573

Brea5 mi away

5%1,332

Santa Ana13.8 mi away

4%1,116

Irvine20.1 mi away

4%1,094

Orange11.1 mi away

3%872

Santa Fe Springs6.3 mi away

3%770

Whittier4.7 mi away

2%700

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%15,305

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

How far

How far La Habra commutes

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

44%

39%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Habra is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Habra are

15,664 jobs are based in La Habra. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Habra’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Habra

15,664 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs La Habra residents hold

28,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in La Habra, 2013 → 2023: 14,622 → 15,664. 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.