Work & commute · Rowland Heights

Work & commute in Rowland Heights, CA

Most working residents leave Rowland Heights for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (12%), Industry (8%) and Anaheim (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
1,363 of 19,203 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,840 Rowland Heights residents head out of town to work, 1,363 work right here, and 7,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowland Heights.

17,840live here, work elsewhere
1,363live and work here
7,662work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rowland Heights goes to work

La Habra HeightsWalnutIndustryBreaWest CovinaDiamond BarPomonaFullertonChino HillsChinoLos AngelesOntarioAnaheimIrvineHacienda HeightsRowland HeightsLos AngelesIndustryAnaheimDiamond BarIrvineOntarioFullertonPomonaChinoRowland Heights
1
Los Angeles30 mi away
12%2,295
2
Industry4.8 mi away
8%1,511
3
Rowland Heights (in town)right here
7%1,363
4
Anaheim11 mi away
3%626
5
Diamond Bar4.7 mi away
3%491
6
Irvine21.3 mi away
2%458
7
Ontario16.9 mi away
2%420
8
Fullerton6.2 mi away
2%378
9
Pomona9.6 mi away
2%363
10
Chino12.4 mi away
2%351
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%10,947

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

How far

How far Rowland Heights commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rowland Heights is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowland Heights are

9,025 jobs are based in Rowland Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rowland Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rowland Heights

9,025 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Rowland Heights residents hold

19,203 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+23%

Jobs based in Rowland Heights, 2013 → 2023: 7,364 → 9,025. 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.

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