Work & commute · Paramount

Work & commute in Paramount, CA

Most working residents leave Paramount for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (17%), Long Beach (7%) and Downey (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,581 of 21,094 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 19,513 Paramount residents head out of town to work, 1,581 work right here, and 14,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paramount.

19,513live here, work elsewhere

1,581live and work here

14,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paramount goes to work

Los Angeles16.3 mi away

17%3,592

Paramount (in town)right here

7%1,581

Long Beach8.2 mi away

7%1,438

Downey3.4 mi away

3%588

Santa Fe Springs6.4 mi away

3%558

Carson6.3 mi away

3%542

Anaheim23.6 mi away

2%527

Cerritos6 mi away

2%388

Bellflower2.4 mi away

2%345

Compton3.5 mi away

2%340

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%11,195

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

How far

How far Paramount commutes

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

48%

36%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paramount is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paramount are

16,306 jobs are based in Paramount. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paramount’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paramount

16,306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Paramount residents hold

21,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Paramount, 2013 → 2023: 16,379 → 16,306. 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.