Work & commute · Monrovia

Work & commute in Monrovia, CA

Most working residents leave Monrovia for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Pasadena (9%) and Arcadia (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,361 of 16,946 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,585 Monrovia residents head out of town to work, 1,361 work right here, and 16,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monrovia.

15,585live here, work elsewhere

1,361live and work here

16,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monrovia goes to work

Los Angeles26.4 mi away

23%3,862

Pasadena8.8 mi away

9%1,582

Monrovia (in town)right here

8%1,361

Arcadia3.7 mi away

5%783

Burbank19.7 mi away

3%501

Glendale15 mi away

3%454

Duarte1.9 mi away

3%452

Industry9.8 mi away

1%243

El Monte6.6 mi away

1%241

Alhambra10.3 mi away

1%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%7,264

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

How far

How far Monrovia commutes

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

38%

39%

15%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monrovia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monrovia are

17,800 jobs are based in Monrovia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monrovia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monrovia

17,800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Monrovia residents hold

16,946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+2%

Jobs based in Monrovia, 2013 → 2023: 17,499 → 17,800. 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.