Work & commute · San Marino

Work & commute in San Marino, CA

Most working residents leave San Marino for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (23%), Pasadena (10%) and Alhambra (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

313 of 4,547 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,234 San Marino residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 3,058 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in San Marino.

4,234live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

3,058work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where San Marino goes to work

Los Angeles18.5 mi away

23%1,032

Pasadena3 mi away

10%436

San Marino (in town)right here

7%313

Alhambra3 mi away

4%188

San Gabriel2.1 mi away

3%132

Arcadia4.4 mi away

3%118

Monterey Park5.3 mi away

3%117

Industry11.9 mi away

2%87

Burbank13.1 mi away

2%82

Glendale8.6 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,970

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

How far

How far San Marino commutes

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

51%

31%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

San Marino is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in San Marino are

3,371 jobs are based in San Marino. Here is what they are, next to the jobs San Marino’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in San Marino

3,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs San Marino residents hold

4,547 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+10%

Jobs based in San Marino, 2013 → 2023: 3,060 → 3,371. 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.