Work & commute · Monterey Park

Work & commute in Monterey Park, CA

Most working residents leave Monterey Park for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (27%), Pasadena (4%) and Alhambra (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,055 of 23,430 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 21,375 Monterey Park residents head out of town to work, 2,055 work right here, and 26,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monterey Park.

21,375live here, work elsewhere

2,055live and work here

26,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monterey Park goes to work

Los Angeles16 mi away

27%6,303

Monterey Park (in town)right here

9%2,055

Pasadena7.8 mi away

4%1,002

Alhambra2.4 mi away

4%834

Industry11.1 mi away

2%541

Glendale11.2 mi away

2%449

Commerce3.8 mi away

2%441

Rosemead3.2 mi away

2%413

San Gabriel3.8 mi away

2%374

El Monte6.2 mi away

2%358

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%10,660

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

How far

How far Monterey Park commutes

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

56%

28%

56%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monterey Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monterey Park are

28,738 jobs are based in Monterey Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monterey Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monterey Park

28,738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Monterey Park residents hold

23,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−5%

Jobs based in Monterey Park, 2013 → 2023: 30,325 → 28,738. 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.