Work & commute · Montebello

Work & commute in Montebello, CA

Most working residents leave Montebello for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (25%), Commerce (3%) and Pasadena (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,769 of 25,637 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,868 Montebello residents head out of town to work, 1,769 work right here, and 19,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montebello.

23,868live here, work elsewhere

1,769live and work here

19,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montebello goes to work

Los Angeles17.2 mi away

25%6,495

Montebello (in town)right here

7%1,769

Commerce2.7 mi away

3%867

Pasadena10.1 mi away

2%561

Anaheim23 mi away

2%553

Monterey Park2.6 mi away

2%465

Downey5.5 mi away

2%422

Santa Fe Springs6.3 mi away

2%417

Whittier6.2 mi away

2%413

Industry9.8 mi away

2%403

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%13,272

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

How far

How far Montebello commutes

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

50%

33%

10%

50%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montebello is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montebello are

21,234 jobs are based in Montebello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montebello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montebello

21,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Montebello residents hold

25,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Montebello, 2013 → 2023: 22,223 → 21,234. 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.