Work & commute · San Fernando

Work & commute in San Fernando, CA

Most working residents leave San Fernando for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (51%), Burbank (4%) and Santa Clarita (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

553 of 10,162 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 9,609 San Fernando residents head out of town to work, 553 work right here, and 8,559 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Fernando.

9,609live here, work elsewhere

553live and work here

8,559work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Fernando goes to work

Los Angeles18.7 mi away

51%5,224

San Fernando (in town)right here

5%553

Burbank9.3 mi away

4%403

Santa Clarita9.6 mi away

4%393

Glendale13.2 mi away

2%195

Simi Valley17.9 mi away

1%135

Thousand Oaks25.9 mi away

1%110

San Diego126 mi away

1%110

San Francisco349.8 mi away

1%89

Irvine56.8 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,863

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

How far

How far San Fernando commutes

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

38%

37%

13%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Fernando is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in San Fernando are

9,112 jobs are based in San Fernando. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Fernando’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Fernando

9,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs San Fernando residents hold

10,162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in San Fernando, 2013 → 2023: 7,894 → 9,112. 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.