Work & commute · Newport Beach

Work & commute in Newport Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Newport Beach for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (15%), Costa Mesa (7%) and Los Angeles (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

5,320 of 30,906 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,586 Newport Beach residents head out of town to work, 5,320 work right here, and 75,775 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport Beach.

25,586live here, work elsewhere

5,320live and work here

75,775work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport Beach goes to work

Newport Beach (in town)right here

17%5,320

Irvine6.5 mi away

15%4,758

Costa Mesa3.8 mi away

7%2,122

Los Angeles41.4 mi away

7%2,029

Santa Ana7.7 mi away

4%1,301

San Diego69.8 mi away

3%908

Anaheim17 mi away

3%905

Orange11.1 mi away

3%826

Huntington Beach9.4 mi away

3%806

Tustin7.9 mi away

2%499

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%11,432

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

How far

How far Newport Beach commutes

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

48%

20%

17%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport Beach is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport Beach are

81,095 jobs are based in Newport Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport Beach

81,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Newport Beach residents hold

30,906 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+22%

Jobs based in Newport Beach, 2013 → 2023: 66,555 → 81,095. 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.