Work & commute · West Covina

Work & commute in West Covina, CA

Most working residents leave West Covina for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (16%), Industry (5%) and Covina (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3,059 of 45,654 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 42,595 West Covina residents head out of town to work, 3,059 work right here, and 23,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Covina.

42,595live here, work elsewhere

3,059live and work here

23,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Covina goes to work

Los Angeles28.8 mi away

16%7,195

West Covina (in town)right here

7%3,059

Industry2.7 mi away

5%2,358

Covina2.9 mi away

3%1,167

Pasadena14.9 mi away

2%1,058

Pomona8.5 mi away

2%977

Anaheim16.3 mi away

2%824

El Monte6.9 mi away

2%820

Ontario17.5 mi away

2%727

Baldwin Park4 mi away

2%711

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%26,758

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

How far

How far West Covina commutes

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

36%

40%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Covina is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Covina are

27,051 jobs are based in West Covina. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Covina’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Covina

27,051 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Covina residents hold

45,654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+10%

Jobs based in West Covina, 2013 → 2023: 24,577 → 27,051. 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.