Work & commute · Lake Los Angeles

Work & commute in Lake Los Angeles, CA

Most working residents leave Lake Los Angeles for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (21%), Lancaster (11%) and Palmdale (8%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

156 of 4,844 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,688 Lake Los Angeles residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Los Angeles.

4,688live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Los Angeles goes to work

Los Angeles52.6 mi away

21%1,009

Lancaster20.4 mi away

11%533

Palmdale15.7 mi away

8%379

Santa Clarita40.4 mi away

4%201

Lake Los Angeles (in town)right here

3%156

Burbank40.5 mi away

2%83

Ontario41.6 mi away

1%53

San Diego129.5 mi away

1%48

Irvine64.4 mi away

1%45

Rancho Cucamonga36.4 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,295

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

How far

How far Lake Los Angeles commutes

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

22%

39%

33%

7%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Los Angeles is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Los Angeles are

373 jobs are based in Lake Los Angeles. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Los Angeles’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Los Angeles

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Lake Los Angeles residents hold

4,844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+40%

Jobs based in Lake Los Angeles, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 373. 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.