Photo: DFCardella · CC BY-SA 3.0Alondra Park has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 1,835 jobs in Alondra Park; 3,614 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Alondra Park B; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Alondra Park apart
Alondra Park and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Alondra Park residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Alondra Park come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Alondra Park is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Alondra Park’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alondra Park is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #380 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Alondra Park’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alondra Park could be anywhere from C+ to A.
27% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Alondra Park clocks in
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Alondra Park is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alondra Park, 2014 → 2024: 1,910 → 1,835. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alondra Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Alondra Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,548 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 1,769 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Alondra Park on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Alondra Park: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alondra Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,903 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Alondra Park commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Alondra Park is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alondra Park is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #108 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Alondra Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,192 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 71% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.9% of Alondra Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Alondra Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300, Alondra Park ranks 1,363rd of 2,947 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 23 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
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| 99 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
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| 1,361 | Palmyra NJ | 7,664 | $90K | 10.2% | 6.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,362 | Silverton OR | 10,450 | $80K | 10.6% | 1.9% | 15% | B |
| 1,363 | Alondra Park CA | 8,373 | $87K | 12.2% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,364 | White Knoll SC | 8,310 | $80K | 11.0% | 3.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,365 | Peru IL | 9,780 | $75K | 9.0% | 2.5% | 20% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Alondra Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Alondra Park and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hawthorne (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alondra Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alondra Park | – | B | A+ | 27 min | $87,169 |
| Hawthorne | 3% | B− | A | 28 min | $75,848 |
| Lawndale | under 3% | B− | A+ | 25 min | $85,441 |
| Gardena | 3% | B | A | 29 min | $84,803 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alondra Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alondra Park: questions
What is the median household income in Alondra Park?
$87,169 (±$11,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alondra Park?
12.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alondra Park?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alondra Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (27%, 10 mi), Torrance (8%, 4 mi), El Segundo (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Alondra Park walkable?
Alondra Park is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alondra Park without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 71% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alondra Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alondra Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.