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

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

Los Angeles30 mi away

12%2,295

Industry4.8 mi away

8%1,511

Rowland Heights (in town)right here

7%1,363

Anaheim11 mi away

3%626

Diamond Bar4.7 mi away

3%491

Irvine21.3 mi away

2%458

Ontario16.9 mi away

2%420

Fullerton6.2 mi away

2%378

Pomona9.6 mi away

2%363

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%

42%

13%

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.