Work & commute · Laguna Hills

Work & commute in Laguna Hills, CA

Most working residents leave Laguna Hills for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (16%), Mission Viejo (6%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

735 of 13,104 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,369 Laguna Hills residents head out of town to work, 735 work right here, and 14,073 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Hills.

12,369live here, work elsewhere

735live and work here

14,073work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Hills goes to work

Irvine7.4 mi away

16%2,064

Mission Viejo2.6 mi away

6%739

Los Angeles50.6 mi away

6%739

Laguna Hills (in town)right here

6%735

Newport Beach10 mi away

4%574

Santa Ana14.7 mi away

4%539

Lake Forest4.6 mi away

3%446

Costa Mesa13.5 mi away

3%388

Aliso Viejo2 mi away

3%376

Anaheim18.6 mi away

3%367

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%6,137

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

How far

How far Laguna Hills commutes

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

41%

29%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Hills is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Hills are

14,808 jobs are based in Laguna Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laguna Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laguna Hills

14,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Laguna Hills residents hold

13,104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−4%

Jobs based in Laguna Hills, 2013 → 2023: 15,369 → 14,808. 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.