Work & commute · Manhattan Beach

Work & commute in Manhattan Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Manhattan Beach for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (29%), El Segundo (8%) and Torrance (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,155 of 13,231 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,076 Manhattan Beach residents head out of town to work, 1,155 work right here, and 17,078 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manhattan Beach.

12,076live here, work elsewhere

1,155live and work here

17,078work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manhattan Beach goes to work

Los Angeles8.8 mi away

29%3,849

Manhattan Beach (in town)right here

9%1,155

El Segundo1.3 mi away

8%1,083

Torrance5.5 mi away

4%511

Santa Monica9.4 mi away

3%438

Burbank21.2 mi away

3%389

Redondo Beach3.1 mi away

3%341

Culver City7.9 mi away

2%321

Long Beach16.2 mi away

2%276

Irvine39.9 mi away

2%260

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%4,608

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

How far

How far Manhattan Beach commutes

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

41%

38%

10%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manhattan Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manhattan Beach are

18,233 jobs are based in Manhattan Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manhattan Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manhattan Beach

18,233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Manhattan Beach residents hold

13,231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+10%

Jobs based in Manhattan Beach, 2013 → 2023: 16,649 → 18,233. 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.