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
5%
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
7%
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

MontclairClaremontUplandPomonaChino HillsFontanaChinoLos AngelesRiversideRancho CucamongaOntarioSan BernardinoOntarioLos AngelesPomonaChinoRancho CucamongaUplandClaremontSan BernardinoRiversideMontclair
1
Ontario5.8 mi away
9%1,424
2
Los Angeles41 mi away
9%1,355
3
Pomona3.7 mi away
5%739
4
Montclair (in town)right here
5%724
5
Chino6.7 mi away
4%701
6
Rancho Cucamonga8.6 mi away
4%679
7
Upland3.8 mi away
3%438
8
Claremont3.8 mi away
2%384
9
San Bernardino23.6 mi away
2%324
10
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%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.

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