Work & commute · Santa Fe Springs

Work & commute in Santa Fe Springs, CA

Most working residents leave Santa Fe Springs for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), Anaheim (4%) and Whittier (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

838 of 8,157 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,319 Santa Fe Springs residents head out of town to work, 838 work right here, and 57,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Fe Springs.

7,319live here, work elsewhere

838live and work here

57,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Fe Springs goes to work

Los Angeles20.8 mi away

15%1,204

Santa Fe Springs (in town)right here

10%838

Anaheim18.2 mi away

4%309

Whittier3.3 mi away

3%240

Long Beach12.2 mi away

3%229

Downey3.9 mi away

3%210

Norwalk2.2 mi away

2%186

Orange15.4 mi away

2%159

Irvine24.3 mi away

2%158

Commerce6.5 mi away

2%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,468

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

How far

How far Santa Fe Springs commutes

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

43%

43%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Fe Springs is a job hub

7.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

7.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Fe Springs are

58,076 jobs are based in Santa Fe Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Santa Fe Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Santa Fe Springs

58,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Santa Fe Springs residents hold

8,157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Santa Fe Springs, 2013 → 2023: 53,458 → 58,076. 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.