Work & commute · Ladera Heights

Work & commute in Ladera Heights, CA

Most working residents leave Ladera Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (49%), Burbank (4%) and Culver City (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 2,866 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 2,804 Ladera Heights residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 3,504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladera Heights.

2,804live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

3,504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladera Heights goes to work

Los Angeles2.8 mi away

49%1,393

Burbank13.6 mi away

4%123

Culver City1.7 mi away

4%106

Santa Monica7.4 mi away

3%99

Inglewood3.2 mi away

3%72

Ladera Heights (in town)right here

2%62

El Segundo6.8 mi away

2%60

Beverly Hills6 mi away

2%49

Torrance11.5 mi away

2%46

San Francisco366.8 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%819

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

How far

How far Ladera Heights commutes

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

62%

23%

62%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladera Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladera Heights are

3,566 jobs are based in Ladera Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ladera Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ladera Heights

3,566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ladera Heights residents hold

2,866 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−39%

Jobs based in Ladera Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5,869 → 3,566. 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.