Work & commute · Norwalk

Work & commute in Norwalk, CA

Most working residents leave Norwalk for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), Santa Fe Springs (5%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,526 of 44,463 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41,937 Norwalk residents head out of town to work, 2,526 work right here, and 21,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwalk.

41,937live here, work elsewhere

2,526live and work here

21,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwalk goes to work

Los Angeles20.3 mi away

15%6,654

Norwalk (in town)right here

6%2,526

Santa Fe Springs2.2 mi away

5%2,172

Long Beach10 mi away

5%2,097

Anaheim19 mi away

4%1,889

Cerritos2.9 mi away

3%1,358

Downey3.4 mi away

2%1,100

Irvine23.9 mi away

2%870

Santa Ana16.5 mi away

2%767

Buena Park5.6 mi away

2%744

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%24,286

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

How far

How far Norwalk commutes

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

43%

42%

43%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwalk is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwalk are

23,748 jobs are based in Norwalk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwalk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwalk

23,748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Norwalk residents hold

44,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Norwalk, 2013 → 2023: 21,739 → 23,748. 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.