Work & commute · Walnut Park

Work & commute in Walnut Park, CA

Most working residents leave Walnut Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (32%), Vernon (4%) and Huntington Park (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 5,590 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 5,474 Walnut Park residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Park.

5,474live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Park goes to work

Los Angeles11.4 mi away

32%1,780

Vernon2.4 mi away

4%228

Huntington Park0.8 mi away

3%153

Commerce4.5 mi away

3%148

South Gate2.4 mi away

2%139

Downey5.6 mi away

2%123

Carson9 mi away

2%122

Walnut Park (in town)right here

2%116

Santa Fe Springs9.4 mi away

2%111

Long Beach13.3 mi away

2%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,573

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

How far

How far Walnut Park commutes

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

61%

25%

61%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Park is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Park are

1,168 jobs are based in Walnut Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walnut Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walnut Park

1,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Walnut Park residents hold

5,590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+34%

Jobs based in Walnut Park, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 1,168. 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.