Work & commute · Pomona

Work & commute in Pomona, CA

Most working residents leave Pomona for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (10%), Ontario (6%) and Chino (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

6,192 of 57,355 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 51,163 Pomona residents head out of town to work, 6,192 work right here, and 42,251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomona.

51,163live here, work elsewhere

6,192live and work here

42,251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomona goes to work

Pomona (in town)right here

11%6,192

Los Angeles37.3 mi away

10%5,710

Ontario9 mi away

6%3,308

Chino7.5 mi away

4%2,236

Rancho Cucamonga12.2 mi away

3%1,663

Industry10.5 mi away

3%1,608

Anaheim14 mi away

2%1,309

Claremont5.3 mi away

2%1,194

Upland7 mi away

2%1,029

San Dimas4.4 mi away

2%895

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%32,211

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

How far

How far Pomona commutes

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

35%

32%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomona are

48,443 jobs are based in Pomona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pomona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pomona

48,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pomona residents hold

57,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Pomona, 2013 → 2023: 40,125 → 48,443. 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.