Work & commute · Redondo Beach

Work & commute in Redondo Beach, CA

Most working residents leave Redondo Beach for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (26%), El Segundo (9%) and Torrance (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,478 of 29,921 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,443 Redondo Beach residents head out of town to work, 2,478 work right here, and 23,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redondo Beach.

27,443live here, work elsewhere

2,478live and work here

23,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redondo Beach goes to work

Los Angeles11.8 mi away

26%7,702

El Segundo4.4 mi away

9%2,563

Redondo Beach (in town)right here

8%2,478

Torrance2.9 mi away

8%2,375

Manhattan Beach3.1 mi away

3%923

Santa Monica12.5 mi away

3%817

Burbank23.9 mi away

2%693

Hawthorne5.4 mi away

2%669

Culver City10.8 mi away

2%630

Long Beach14.2 mi away

2%553

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%10,518

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

How far

How far Redondo Beach commutes

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

47%

32%

10%

11%

47%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redondo Beach is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Redondo Beach are

25,786 jobs are based in Redondo Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redondo Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redondo Beach

25,786 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Redondo Beach residents hold

29,921 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+10%

Jobs based in Redondo Beach, 2013 → 2023: 23,352 → 25,786. 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.