Work & commute · Tustin

Work & commute in Tustin, CA

Most working residents leave Tustin for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (17%), Santa Ana (9%) and Los Angeles (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,676 of 37,196 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34,520 Tustin residents head out of town to work, 2,676 work right here, and 48,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tustin.

34,520live here, work elsewhere

2,676live and work here

48,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tustin goes to work

Irvine4.3 mi away

17%6,313

Santa Ana4.2 mi away

9%3,434

Tustin (in town)right here

7%2,676

Los Angeles39.8 mi away

6%2,053

Anaheim9.1 mi away

5%1,887

Orange4.8 mi away

5%1,682

Newport Beach7.9 mi away

4%1,527

Costa Mesa7.4 mi away

4%1,460

San Diego73.9 mi away

2%810

Lake Forest9.4 mi away

2%677

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%14,677

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

How far

How far Tustin commutes

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

54%

21%

14%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tustin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tustin are

51,031 jobs are based in Tustin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tustin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tustin

51,031 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Tustin residents hold

37,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+44%

Jobs based in Tustin, 2013 → 2023: 35,555 → 51,031. 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.