Work & commute · Marina del Rey

Work & commute in Marina del Rey, CA

Most working residents leave Marina del Rey for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (43%), Santa Monica (8%) and Burbank (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 4,537 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

55%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,358 Marina del Rey residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 4,700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marina del Rey.

4,358live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

4,700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marina del Rey goes to work

Los Angeles3.8 mi away

43%1,937

Santa Monica3.6 mi away

8%351

Burbank16.4 mi away

5%241

Culver City3.7 mi away

4%189

El Segundo4.8 mi away

4%181

Marina del Rey (in town)right here

4%179

Beverly Hills7.6 mi away

2%97

San Francisco364.6 mi away

2%75

Irvine44.1 mi away

1%58

San Diego110.3 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,172

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

How far

How far Marina del Rey commutes

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

51%

32%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marina del Rey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marina del Rey are

4,879 jobs are based in Marina del Rey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marina del Rey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marina del Rey

4,879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Marina del Rey residents hold

4,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+19%

Jobs based in Marina del Rey, 2013 → 2023: 4,102 → 4,879. 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.