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Work & commute · Signal Hill

Work & commute in Signal Hill, CA

Most working residents leave Signal Hill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (20%), Long Beach (14%) and Irvine (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
309 of 6,898 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,589 Signal Hill residents head out of town to work, 309 work right here, and 12,988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Signal Hill.

6,589live here, work elsewhere
309live and work here
12,988work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Signal Hill goes to work

Signal HillEl SegundoBellflowerComptonNorwalkLakewoodOrangeCarsonTorranceHuntington BeachSanta AnaLos AngelesAnaheimLong BeachIrvineLos AngelesLong BeachIrvineTorranceAnaheimCarsonEl SegundoSanta AnaOrangeSignal Hill
1
Los Angeles20.3 mi away
20%1,394
2
Long Beach1.6 mi away
14%991
3
Signal Hill (in town)right here
4%309
4
Irvine24.5 mi away
3%224
5
Torrance10.9 mi away
3%177
6
Anaheim23.9 mi away
2%155
7
Carson5.2 mi away
2%126
8
El Segundo16.4 mi away
2%113
9
Santa Ana17.1 mi away
2%111
10
Orange17.7 mi away
1%92
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%3,206

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

How far

How far Signal Hill commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Signal Hill is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Signal Hill are

13,297 jobs are based in Signal Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Signal Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Signal Hill

13,297 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Signal Hill residents hold

6,898 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+5%

Jobs based in Signal Hill, 2013 → 2023: 12,723 → 13,297. 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.

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