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Work & commute in Temple, CA

Most working residents leave Temple for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (22%), Pasadena (6%) and Arcadia (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
918 of 14,635 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,717 Temple residents head out of town to work, 918 work right here, and 4,735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple.

13,717live here, work elsewhere
918live and work here
4,735work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Temple goes to work

Temple CitySan GabrielRosemeadBaldwin ParkMonterey ParkAlhambraEl MonteIndustryArcadiaWest CovinaPasadenaLos AngelesNorth El MonteEast San GabrielLos AngelesPasadenaArcadiaEl MonteAlhambraIndustrySan GabrielMonterey ParkRosemeadTemple
1
Los Angeles21 mi away
22%3,222
2
Pasadena6.1 mi away
6%936
3
Temple City (in town)right here
6%918
4
Arcadia2.4 mi away
4%612
5
El Monte2.5 mi away
4%517
6
Alhambra4.7 mi away
3%450
7
Industry8.5 mi away
3%370
8
San Gabriel2.4 mi away
2%347
9
Monterey Park5.7 mi away
2%295
10
Rosemead2.7 mi away
2%286
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%6,682

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

How far

How far Temple commutes

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

46%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Temple is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Temple are

5,653 jobs are based in Temple. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Temple’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Temple

5,653 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Temple residents hold

14,635 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−2%

Jobs based in Temple, 2013 → 2023: 5,779 → 5,653. 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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