Work & commute · North El Monte

Work & commute in North El Monte, CA

Most working residents leave North El Monte for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (21%), Pasadena (7%) and Arcadia (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,560 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,537 North El Monte residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North El Monte.

1,537live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North El Monte goes to work

Los Angeles22.9 mi away

21%329

Pasadena7.6 mi away

7%102

Arcadia2.2 mi away

6%101

El Monte2 mi away

4%60

Temple City2 mi away

2%37

Glendale13.8 mi away

2%35

Industry7.1 mi away

2%34

Monterey Park7.3 mi away

2%32

Burbank18.3 mi away

2%32

Commerce10.4 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%769

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

How far

How far North El Monte commutes

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

43%

37%

12%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North El Monte is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North El Monte are

312 jobs are based in North El Monte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North El Monte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North El Monte

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs North El Monte residents hold

1,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+21%

Jobs based in North El Monte, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 312. 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.