Work & commute · Westminster

Work & commute in Westminster, CA

Most working residents leave Westminster for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Irvine (8%), Santa Ana (7%) and Huntington Beach (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,851 of 38,483 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35,632 Westminster residents head out of town to work, 2,851 work right here, and 17,784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westminster.

35,632live here, work elsewhere

2,851live and work here

17,784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westminster goes to work

Irvine13.8 mi away

8%3,219

Westminster (in town)right here

7%2,851

Santa Ana6.5 mi away

7%2,804

Huntington Beach3.8 mi away

7%2,702

Garden Grove2.7 mi away

6%2,358

Los Angeles30.2 mi away

6%2,246

Anaheim15.3 mi away

5%2,026

Long Beach10.2 mi away

3%1,246

Costa Mesa7.6 mi away

3%1,234

Orange8 mi away

3%1,213

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%16,584

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

How far

How far Westminster commutes

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

53%

26%

11%

53%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westminster is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westminster are

20,635 jobs are based in Westminster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westminster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westminster

20,635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Westminster residents hold

38,483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+4%

Jobs based in Westminster, 2013 → 2023: 19,757 → 20,635. 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.