Work & commute · Montclair

Work & commute in Montclair, CA

Most working residents leave Montclair for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ontario (9%), Los Angeles (9%) and Pomona (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

724 of 15,614 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 14,890 Montclair residents head out of town to work, 724 work right here, and 11,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montclair.

14,890live here, work elsewhere

724live and work here

11,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montclair goes to work

Ontario5.8 mi away

9%1,424

Los Angeles41 mi away

9%1,355

Pomona3.7 mi away

5%739

Montclair (in town)right here

5%724

Chino6.7 mi away

4%701

Rancho Cucamonga8.6 mi away

4%679

Upland3.8 mi away

3%438

Claremont3.8 mi away

2%384

San Bernardino23.6 mi away

2%324

Riverside19.7 mi away

2%318

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%8,528

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

How far

How far Montclair commutes

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

38%

27%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montclair is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montclair are

12,603 jobs are based in Montclair. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montclair’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montclair

12,603 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Montclair residents hold

15,614 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−3%

Jobs based in Montclair, 2013 → 2023: 13,044 → 12,603. 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.