Work & commute · La Mirada

Work & commute in La Mirada, CA

Most working residents leave La Mirada for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), Anaheim (6%) and Santa Fe Springs (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,068 of 20,678 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 19,610 La Mirada residents head out of town to work, 1,068 work right here, and 17,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Mirada.

19,610live here, work elsewhere

1,068live and work here

17,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Mirada goes to work

Los Angeles24.4 mi away

14%2,835

Anaheim14.7 mi away

6%1,333

La Mirada (in town)right here

5%1,068

Santa Fe Springs3.8 mi away

4%735

Fullerton4.8 mi away

3%715

Long Beach12.4 mi away

3%651

Norwalk4.3 mi away

3%564

Buena Park3.1 mi away

3%542

Whittier4.5 mi away

2%512

Irvine20.6 mi away

2%454

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%11,269

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

How far

How far La Mirada commutes

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

43%

40%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Mirada is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Mirada are

18,987 jobs are based in La Mirada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Mirada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Mirada

18,987 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs La Mirada residents hold

20,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in La Mirada, 2013 → 2023: 16,960 → 18,987. 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.