Work & commute · Santa Clarita

Work & commute in Santa Clarita, CA

About one in 5 of Santa Clarita’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (32%), Burbank (6%) and Glendale (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

21,582 of 100,553 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78,971 Santa Clarita residents head out of town to work, 21,582 work right here, and 46,906 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Clarita.

78,971live here, work elsewhere

21,582live and work here

46,906work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Clarita goes to work

Los Angeles27.9 mi away

32%31,887

Santa Clarita (in town)right here

21%21,582

Burbank18.5 mi away

6%5,588

Glendale21.8 mi away

2%1,750

Pasadena27.2 mi away

1%1,269

Palmdale25.5 mi away

1%1,020

Lancaster26.6 mi away

1%938

San Diego135.3 mi away

1%919

Irvine65.9 mi away

1%910

Thousand Oaks26.3 mi away

1%860

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%33,830

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

How far

How far Santa Clarita commutes

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

27%

29%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Clarita is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Clarita are

68,488 jobs are based in Santa Clarita. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Clarita’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Clarita

68,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Santa Clarita residents hold

100,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Santa Clarita, 2013 → 2023: 59,014 → 68,488. 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.