Work & commute · Placentia

Work & commute in Placentia, CA

Most working residents leave Placentia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Anaheim (12%), Los Angeles (7%) and Irvine (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,546 of 24,842 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,296 Placentia residents head out of town to work, 1,546 work right here, and 15,314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Placentia.

23,296live here, work elsewhere

1,546live and work here

15,314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Placentia goes to work

Anaheim5.8 mi away

12%2,897

Los Angeles33.3 mi away

7%1,844

Irvine14.8 mi away

7%1,622

Placentia (in town)right here

6%1,546

Fullerton4.2 mi away

5%1,330

Santa Ana10.1 mi away

5%1,266

Orange6.5 mi away

5%1,197

Brea3.1 mi away

4%904

Costa Mesa15.2 mi away

2%442

Tustin10.7 mi away

2%432

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%11,362

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

How far

How far Placentia commutes

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

42%

38%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Placentia 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 Placentia are

16,860 jobs are based in Placentia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Placentia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Placentia

16,860 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Placentia residents hold

24,842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Placentia, 2013 → 2023: 16,254 → 16,860. 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.