Work & commute · West Puente Valley

Work & commute in West Puente Valley, CA

Most working residents leave West Puente Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (14%), Industry (8%) and West Covina (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 9,590 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 9,411 West Puente Valley residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 1,120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Puente Valley.

9,411live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

1,120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Puente Valley goes to work

Los Angeles25.5 mi away

14%1,367

Industry2.3 mi away

8%761

West Covina3.3 mi away

3%299

El Monte3.9 mi away

3%248

Pasadena12.3 mi away

3%242

Baldwin Park2.1 mi away

2%193

Anaheim18.1 mi away

2%179

West Puente Valley (in town)right here

2%179

Covina5.5 mi away

2%176

Santa Fe Springs9.9 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%5,793

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

How far

How far West Puente Valley commutes

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

42%

39%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Puente Valley is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Puente Valley are

1,299 jobs are based in West Puente Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Puente Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Puente Valley

1,299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Puente Valley residents hold

9,590 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 month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+11%

Jobs based in West Puente Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,172 → 1,299. 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.