Work & commute · Willowbrook

Work & commute in Willowbrook, CA

Most working residents leave Willowbrook for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (26%), Long Beach (4%) and Compton (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

202 of 8,810 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 8,608 Willowbrook residents head out of town to work, 202 work right here, and 4,336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willowbrook.

8,608live here, work elsewhere

202live and work here

4,336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willowbrook goes to work

Los Angeles12.1 mi away

26%2,264

Long Beach10.4 mi away

4%387

Compton1.9 mi away

4%329

Carson5.6 mi away

3%284

Torrance9.3 mi away

3%277

Willowbrook (in town)right here

2%202

El Segundo10.8 mi away

2%140

Anaheim27.8 mi away

2%140

Gardena4.4 mi away

1%132

Santa Fe Springs10 mi away

1%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,525

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

How far

How far Willowbrook commutes

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

56%

27%

56%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willowbrook is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willowbrook are

4,538 jobs are based in Willowbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willowbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willowbrook

4,538 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Willowbrook residents hold

8,810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+124%

Jobs based in Willowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2,024 → 4,538. 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.