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Work & commute · Lemon Grove

Work & commute in Lemon Grove, CA

Most working residents leave Lemon Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are San Diego (49%), Chula Vista (5%) and El Cajon (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
482 of 11,958 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 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 11,476 Lemon Grove residents head out of town to work, 482 work right here, and 6,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemon Grove.

11,476live here, work elsewhere
482live and work here
6,124work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lemon Grove goes to work

Lemon GroveNational CityLa MesaEl CajonSanteePowaySan DiegoLos AngelesChula VistaLa PresaSpring ValleyRancho San DiegoSan DiegoChula VistaEl CajonLa MesaLos AngelesNational CitySanteePowayLa PresaLemon Grove
1
San Diego8.4 mi away
49%5,867
2
Chula Vista7.4 mi away
5%566
3
El Cajon6.4 mi away
4%498
4
Lemon Grove (in town)right here
4%482
5
La Mesa2.8 mi away
4%473
6
Los Angeles119.2 mi away
2%277
7
National City6 mi away
2%216
8
Santee8.9 mi away
2%206
9
Poway17.6 mi away
2%184
10
La Presa2.3 mi away
1%113
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%3,076

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

How far

How far Lemon Grove commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lemon Grove 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 Lemon Grove are

6,606 jobs are based in Lemon Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lemon Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lemon Grove

6,606 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lemon Grove residents hold

11,958 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+24%

Jobs based in Lemon Grove, 2013 → 2023: 5,327 → 6,606. 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.

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