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Work & commute in San Dimas, CA

Most working residents leave San Dimas for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (12%), Pomona (4%) and Glendora (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
972 of 13,680 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
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,708 San Dimas residents head out of town to work, 972 work right here, and 17,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Dimas.

12,708live here, work elsewhere
972live and work here
17,003work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where San Dimas goes to work

CovinaLa VerneIndustrySan DimasWest CovinaUplandPasadenaPomonaGlendoraLos AngelesRancho CucamongaOntarioCharter OakLos AngelesPomonaGlendoraOntarioCovinaPasadenaWest CovinaRancho CucamongaIndustrySan Dimas
1
Los Angeles35 mi away
12%1,625
2
San Dimas (in town)right here
7%972
3
Pomona4.4 mi away
4%515
4
Glendora3.4 mi away
3%475
5
Ontario12.6 mi away
3%464
6
Covina4.4 mi away
3%396
7
Pasadena19.2 mi away
3%379
8
West Covina6.8 mi away
2%324
9
Rancho Cucamonga14 mi away
2%302
10
Industry9.4 mi away
2%291
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%7,937

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

How far

How far San Dimas commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
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San Dimas is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Dimas are

17,975 jobs are based in San Dimas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Dimas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Dimas

17,975 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs San Dimas residents hold

13,680 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+6%

Jobs based in San Dimas, 2013 → 2023: 16,989 → 17,975. 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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