Work & commute · South El Monte

Work & commute in South El Monte, CA

Most working residents leave South El Monte for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), El Monte (6%) and Industry (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

640 of 7,779 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,139 South El Monte residents head out of town to work, 640 work right here, and 13,296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South El Monte.

7,139live here, work elsewhere

640live and work here

13,296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South El Monte goes to work

Los Angeles20.9 mi away

14%1,112

South El Monte (in town)right here

8%640

El Monte2 mi away

6%438

Industry6.4 mi away

5%363

Pasadena9.2 mi away

3%221

Anaheim21.4 mi away

2%153

Arcadia5.7 mi away

2%151

Rosemead2.3 mi away

2%136

Santa Fe Springs8.1 mi away

2%131

Ontario25.3 mi away

1%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%4,319

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

How far

How far South El Monte commutes

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

46%

35%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South El Monte is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South El Monte are

13,936 jobs are based in South El Monte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South El Monte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South El Monte

13,936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs South El Monte residents hold

7,779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in South El Monte, 2013 → 2023: 14,841 → 13,936. 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.