Work & commute · West Carson

Work & commute in West Carson, CA

Most working residents leave West Carson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (25%), Torrance (13%) and Long Beach (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

284 of 10,327 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,043 West Carson residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 4,860 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Carson.

10,043live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

4,860work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Carson goes to work

Los Angeles15.1 mi away

25%2,583

Torrance3.6 mi away

13%1,294

Long Beach7.8 mi away

5%524

Carson2.8 mi away

3%352

El Segundo9.7 mi away

3%300

West Carson (in town)right here

3%284

Redondo Beach6.4 mi away

2%182

Gardena5 mi away

2%163

Irvine31.6 mi away

1%153

Hawthorne7.1 mi away

1%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,348

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

How far

How far West Carson commutes

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

46%

33%

11%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Carson is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Carson are

5,144 jobs are based in West Carson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Carson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Carson

5,144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs West Carson residents hold

10,327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+7%

Jobs based in West Carson, 2013 → 2023: 4,809 → 5,144. 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.