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Work & commute · La Puente

Work & commute in La Puente, CA

Most working residents leave La Puente for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), Industry (9%) and West Covina (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
552 of 15,787 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,235 La Puente residents head out of town to work, 552 work right here, and 4,547 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Puente.

15,235live here, work elsewhere
552live and work here
4,547work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Puente goes to work

La PuenteBaldwin ParkSanta Fe SpringsEl MonteIndustryWest CovinaPasadenaPomonaLos AngelesOntarioAnaheimWest Puente ValleyValindaHacienda HeightsLos AngelesIndustryWest CovinaPasadenaAnaheimEl MonteSanta Fe SpringsPomonaOntarioLa Puente
1
Los Angeles26.2 mi away
14%2,169
2
Industry0.9 mi away
9%1,417
3
La Puente (in town)right here
3%552
4
West Covina3 mi away
3%427
5
Pasadena13.8 mi away
2%364
6
Anaheim16.5 mi away
2%352
7
El Monte5.2 mi away
2%348
8
Santa Fe Springs9.2 mi away
2%267
9
Pomona11.2 mi away
2%267
10
Ontario19.9 mi away
1%227
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%9,397

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

How far

How far La Puente commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Puente is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Puente are

5,099 jobs are based in La Puente. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Puente’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Puente

5,099 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs La Puente residents hold

15,787 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+12%

Jobs based in La Puente, 2013 → 2023: 4,553 → 5,099. 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.

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