Work & commute · Lomita

Work & commute in Lomita, CA

Most working residents leave Lomita for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (24%), Torrance (12%) and Long Beach (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

329 of 11,102 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 10,773 Lomita residents head out of town to work, 329 work right here, and 2,959 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lomita.

10,773live here, work elsewhere

329live and work here

2,959work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lomita goes to work

Los Angeles16.5 mi away

24%2,666

Torrance3.4 mi away

12%1,303

Long Beach8.6 mi away

4%494

Lomita (in town)right here

3%329

El Segundo10.2 mi away

3%314

Redondo Beach6.2 mi away

2%266

Carson5.1 mi away

2%220

Irvine32.4 mi away

2%196

Anaheim32.4 mi away

1%152

Hawthorne8.6 mi away

1%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%5,024

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

How far

How far Lomita commutes

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

38%

33%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lomita is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lomita are

3,288 jobs are based in Lomita. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lomita’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lomita

3,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lomita residents hold

11,102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+11%

Jobs based in Lomita, 2013 → 2023: 2,974 → 3,288. 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.