Work & commute · Pico Rivera

Work & commute in Pico Rivera, CA

Most working residents leave Pico Rivera for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Santa Fe Springs (4%) and Whittier (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,595 of 25,967 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 24,372 Pico Rivera residents head out of town to work, 1,595 work right here, and 16,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pico Rivera.

24,372live here, work elsewhere

1,595live and work here

16,004work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pico Rivera goes to work

Los Angeles18.6 mi away

23%5,908

Pico Rivera (in town)right here

6%1,595

Santa Fe Springs4.1 mi away

4%928

Whittier4.2 mi away

3%765

Commerce3.5 mi away

3%695

Downey4.3 mi away

2%646

Montebello2.2 mi away

2%595

Anaheim21.1 mi away

2%521

Industry8.9 mi away

2%491

Pasadena12.2 mi away

2%467

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%13,356

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

How far

How far Pico Rivera commutes

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

46%

39%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pico Rivera is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pico Rivera are

17,599 jobs are based in Pico Rivera. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pico Rivera’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pico Rivera

17,599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pico Rivera residents hold

25,967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+4%

Jobs based in Pico Rivera, 2013 → 2023: 16,871 → 17,599. 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.