Work & commute · San Gabriel

Work & commute in San Gabriel, CA

Most working residents leave San Gabriel for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (24%), Pasadena (6%) and Alhambra (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,212 of 15,744 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,532 San Gabriel residents head out of town to work, 1,212 work right here, and 8,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Gabriel.

14,532live here, work elsewhere

1,212live and work here

8,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Gabriel goes to work

Los Angeles18.6 mi away

24%3,712

San Gabriel (in town)right here

8%1,212

Pasadena5.1 mi away

6%967

Alhambra2.3 mi away

4%622

Monterey Park3.8 mi away

3%418

Arcadia4.4 mi away

2%391

Rosemead2 mi away

2%350

El Monte4.2 mi away

2%339

Industry10.2 mi away

2%338

Glendale10.3 mi away

2%315

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%7,080

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

How far

How far San Gabriel commutes

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

54%

30%

54%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Gabriel is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Gabriel are

9,828 jobs are based in San Gabriel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Gabriel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Gabriel

9,828 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs San Gabriel residents hold

15,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−17%

Jobs based in San Gabriel, 2013 → 2023: 11,841 → 9,828. 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.