Work & commute · Sierra Madre

Work & commute in Sierra Madre, CA

Most working residents leave Sierra Madre for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (24%), Pasadena (15%) and Burbank (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

264 of 4,698 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,434 Sierra Madre residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 2,295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sierra Madre.

4,434live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

2,295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sierra Madre goes to work

Los Angeles23.1 mi away

24%1,121

Pasadena5 mi away

15%703

Sierra Madre (in town)right here

6%264

Burbank15.9 mi away

4%209

Arcadia2.6 mi away

4%176

Glendale11.2 mi away

3%140

Monrovia3.8 mi away

2%107

San Francisco371.5 mi away

1%53

San Diego106.9 mi away

1%49

Irvine37.5 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,828

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

How far

How far Sierra Madre commutes

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

38%

41%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sierra Madre is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sierra Madre are

2,559 jobs are based in Sierra Madre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sierra Madre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sierra Madre

2,559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sierra Madre residents hold

4,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+52%

Jobs based in Sierra Madre, 2013 → 2023: 1,682 → 2,559. 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.