Work & commute · Ladera Ranch

Work & commute in Ladera Ranch, CA

Most working residents leave Ladera Ranch for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (16%), Los Angeles (5%) and Mission Viejo (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

450 of 10,604 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,154 Ladera Ranch residents head out of town to work, 450 work right here, and 3,018 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladera Ranch.

10,154live here, work elsewhere

450live and work here

3,018work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladera Ranch goes to work

Irvine11.6 mi away

16%1,645

Los Angeles54.8 mi away

5%578

Mission Viejo4.2 mi away

5%553

Newport Beach13.9 mi away

4%456

Ladera Ranch (in town)right here

4%450

Santa Ana19 mi away

4%431

Costa Mesa17.5 mi away

3%321

San Juan Capistrano3.4 mi away

3%319

San Diego58.1 mi away

3%304

Lake Forest7.6 mi away

3%284

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%5,263

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

How far

How far Ladera Ranch commutes

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

33%

32%

18%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladera Ranch is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladera Ranch are

3,468 jobs are based in Ladera Ranch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ladera Ranch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ladera Ranch

3,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ladera Ranch residents hold

10,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+47%

Jobs based in Ladera Ranch, 2013 → 2023: 2,362 → 3,468. 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.