Work & commute · West Hollywood

Work & commute in West Hollywood, CA

Most working residents leave West Hollywood for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (45%), Burbank (11%) and Beverly Hills (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,512 of 17,882 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,370 West Hollywood residents head out of town to work, 1,512 work right here, and 27,747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Hollywood.

16,370live here, work elsewhere

1,512live and work here

27,747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Hollywood goes to work

Los Angeles5.3 mi away

45%8,007

Burbank7.5 mi away

11%1,941

West Hollywood (in town)right here

8%1,512

Beverly Hills1.9 mi away

5%952

Santa Monica9 mi away

4%692

Culver City5.9 mi away

3%524

San Francisco362.2 mi away

1%215

El Segundo12.7 mi away

1%207

Irvine44.6 mi away

1%177

San Diego112.9 mi away

1%170

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%3,485

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

How far

How far West Hollywood commutes

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

74%

13%

74%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Hollywood is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Hollywood are

29,259 jobs are based in West Hollywood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Hollywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Hollywood

29,259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs West Hollywood residents hold

17,882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+21%

Jobs based in West Hollywood, 2013 → 2023: 24,175 → 29,259. 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.