Work & commute · Laguna Woods

Work & commute in Laguna Woods, CA

Most working residents leave Laguna Woods for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (11%), Los Angeles (7%) and Laguna Hills (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

225 of 5,343 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,118 Laguna Woods residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 2,643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laguna Woods.

5,118live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

2,643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laguna Woods goes to work

Irvine5.2 mi away

11%611

Los Angeles48.2 mi away

7%393

Laguna Woods (in town)right here

4%225

Laguna Hills2.4 mi away

4%211

San Diego64.5 mi away

4%198

Santa Ana12.3 mi away

3%180

Mission Viejo4.2 mi away

3%177

Newport Beach7.8 mi away

3%177

Lake Forest4.3 mi away

3%158

Costa Mesa11.1 mi away

3%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,867

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

How far

How far Laguna Woods commutes

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

38%

22%

21%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laguna Woods is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laguna Woods are

2,868 jobs are based in Laguna Woods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laguna Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laguna Woods

2,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Laguna Woods residents hold

5,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Laguna Woods, 2013 → 2023: 3,009 → 2,868. 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.