Work & commute · Westmont

Work & commute in Westmont, CA

Most working residents leave Westmont for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (37%), Torrance (3%) and Long Beach (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

282 of 11,363 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 11,081 Westmont residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 1,532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmont.

11,081live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

1,532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmont goes to work

Los Angeles8.2 mi away

37%4,230

Torrance8.3 mi away

3%357

Long Beach13.5 mi away

3%342

Inglewood2.6 mi away

3%295

Westmont (in town)right here

2%282

Carson7.6 mi away

2%255

Culver City7 mi away

2%254

El Segundo7.4 mi away

2%219

Santa Monica12.2 mi away

2%179

Hawthorne3.2 mi away

1%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%4,792

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

How far

How far Westmont commutes

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

57%

25%

10%

57%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmont is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmont are

1,814 jobs are based in Westmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westmont

1,814 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Westmont residents hold

11,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Westmont, 2013 → 2023: 1,506 → 1,814. 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.