Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0At 6.1%, unemployment in Azusa is higher than in 75% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 10% of workers; California has 17%. The two grades for Azusa are B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Azusa for work; outside it, Los Angeles is the main destination (13%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Azusa, in brief
Azusa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Azusa is Los Angeles, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (2,668) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Azusa draws workers from far and wide
The 14,472 jobs in Azusa are filled from a wide area. Azusa’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Azusa’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Azusa is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #407 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Azusa’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Azusa could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Miles to work from Azusa
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The places Azusa commutes to
Where Azusa clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
In and out of Azusa on a workday
On a workday 18,959 residents head out to work, 1,387 work right here, and 13,085 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42,000 people are in Azusa on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 30% of Azusa’s jobs are in goods
14,472 jobs are based in Azusa.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Azusa, 2013 → 2023: 14,687 → 14,472. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Azusa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Azusa: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Azusa workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,613 commuters (the 10% 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.
Azusa is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 24,020 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 7.0% of Azusa households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Azusa’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Azusa ranks: 552nd of 941 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 64,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 550 | Belleville Township NJ | 38,997 | $90K | 9.6% | 9.9% | 5% | B |
| 551 | Randallstown MD | 35,957 | $86K | 9.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| 552 | Azusa CA | 47,447 | $91K | 13.2% | 6.1% | 7% | B |
| 553 | La Presa CA | 34,962 | $93K | 9.9% | 8.0% | 3% | B |
| 554 | Helena MT | 35,138 | $71K | 8.8% | 2.9% | 63% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Azusa, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Azusa
The biggest share goes to Glendora (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Azusa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azusa | – | B | A+ | 30 min | $90,721 |
| Citrus | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $103,465 |
| Vincent | under 3% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $100,443 |
| Duarte | 2% | A− | A | 30 min | $105,483 |
| Irwindale | 2% | A+ | A | 27 min | $114,167 |
| Glendora | 3% | A− | A | 33 min | $113,569 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Azusa’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 2023, 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 Azusa: questions
What is the median household income in Azusa?
$90,721 (±$5,402) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Azusa?
13.2%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Azusa?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Azusa work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (13%, 30 mi), Pasadena (5%, 13 mi), Glendora (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Azusa walkable?
Azusa is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Azusa without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Azusa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Azusa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.