Work & commute · Laguna Niguel

Work & commute in Laguna Niguel, CA

Most working residents leave Laguna Niguel for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (15%), Los Angeles (6%) and Newport Beach (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,631 of 25,105 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,474 Laguna Niguel residents head out of town to work, 1,631 work right here, and 12,201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Niguel.

23,474live here, work elsewhere

1,631live and work here

12,201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Niguel goes to work

Irvine11 mi away

15%3,771

Laguna Niguel (in town)right here

6%1,631

Los Angeles52.9 mi away

6%1,523

Newport Beach11.5 mi away

4%1,092

Mission Viejo6.1 mi away

4%1,069

San Juan Capistrano3.4 mi away

3%824

Dana Point3.8 mi away

3%802

Aliso Viejo3.7 mi away

3%785

San Clemente7.6 mi away

3%701

San Diego58.9 mi away

3%673

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%12,234

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

How far

How far Laguna Niguel commutes

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

37%

27%

19%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Niguel is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Niguel are

13,832 jobs are based in Laguna Niguel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laguna Niguel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laguna Niguel

13,832 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Laguna Niguel residents hold

25,105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−2%

Jobs based in Laguna Niguel, 2013 → 2023: 14,161 → 13,832. 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.