Work & commute · Walnut

Work & commute in Walnut, CA

Most working residents leave Walnut for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), Industry (6%) and Pomona (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

859 of 11,358 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,499 Walnut residents head out of town to work, 859 work right here, and 8,156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut.

10,499live here, work elsewhere

859live and work here

8,156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut goes to work

Los Angeles31.8 mi away

14%1,630

Walnut (in town)right here

8%859

Industry4.9 mi away

6%665

Pomona5.6 mi away

3%346

Diamond Bar3.3 mi away

3%300

Pasadena18.3 mi away

3%296

West Covina3.4 mi away

2%256

Anaheim13.7 mi away

2%237

Ontario14.3 mi away

2%219

Chino11.2 mi away

2%209

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%6,341

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

How far

How far Walnut commutes

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

37%

40%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut are

9,015 jobs are based in Walnut. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walnut’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walnut

9,015 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Walnut residents hold

11,358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+17%

Jobs based in Walnut, 2013 → 2023: 7,694 → 9,015. 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.