Work & commute · South Whittier

Work & commute in South Whittier, CA

Most working residents leave South Whittier for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (13%), Santa Fe Springs (7%) and Anaheim (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

580 of 24,897 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 24,317 South Whittier residents head out of town to work, 580 work right here, and 3,974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Whittier.

24,317live here, work elsewhere

580live and work here

3,974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Whittier goes to work

Los Angeles22.6 mi away

13%3,301

Santa Fe Springs1.8 mi away

7%1,647

Anaheim16.5 mi away

5%1,279

Whittier2.4 mi away

5%1,241

Long Beach13.1 mi away

3%710

South Whittier (in town)right here

2%580

Fullerton6.7 mi away

2%528

Santa Ana16 mi away

2%516

Orange14 mi away

2%504

Irvine23.1 mi away

2%502

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%14,089

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

How far

How far South Whittier commutes

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

43%

42%

43%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Whittier is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Whittier are

4,554 jobs are based in South Whittier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Whittier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Whittier

4,554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs South Whittier residents hold

24,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in South Whittier, 2013 → 2023: 4,405 → 4,554. 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.