Work & commute · Lynwood

Work & commute in Lynwood, CA

Most working residents leave Lynwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (24%), Long Beach (4%) and Carson (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,316 of 24,331 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,015 Lynwood residents head out of town to work, 1,316 work right here, and 9,652 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lynwood.

23,015live here, work elsewhere

1,316live and work here

9,652work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lynwood goes to work

Los Angeles13.7 mi away

24%5,786

Lynwood (in town)right here

5%1,316

Long Beach10.1 mi away

4%993

Carson6.4 mi away

3%683

Compton2.5 mi away

2%535

Downey4.2 mi away

2%534

Santa Fe Springs8 mi away

2%505

Anaheim25.8 mi away

2%478

Commerce5.7 mi away

2%474

South Gate1.5 mi away

2%441

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%12,586

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

How far

How far Lynwood commutes

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

51%

32%

51%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lynwood is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lynwood are

10,968 jobs are based in Lynwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lynwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lynwood

10,968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lynwood residents hold

24,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Lynwood, 2013 → 2023: 10,513 → 10,968. 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.