Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Beverly Hills top those of 92% of U.S. towns
30% of workers work from home (California 17%). 9.6% of residents are in poverty, where California as a whole has 12.0%. Beverly Hills grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills fills up on a workday
Beverly Hills has 50,720 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 68,000 people are in town, more than double the 31,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Beverly Hills and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Beverly Hills residents (45%) and also where the most people who work in Beverly Hills come from (51% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Beverly Hills residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Beverly Hills
30% of Beverly Hills workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Beverly Hills pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Beverly Hills pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Beverly Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beverly Hills is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #291 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Beverly Hills’ grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (8.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beverly Hills could be anywhere from B to A−.
Beverly Hills by day and by night
On a workday 11,894 residents head out to work, 1,932 work right here, and 48,788 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68,000 people are in Beverly Hills on a workday afternoon, 120% more than live here.
3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Beverly Hills
Where Beverly Hills clocks in
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.
How far Beverly Hills’ workers travel
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.
Getting to work from Beverly Hills takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beverly Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,557 commuters (the 30% 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.
Most jobs in Beverly Hills are in services
50,720 jobs are based in Beverly Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beverly Hills, 2013 → 2023: 47,786 → 50,720. 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 Beverly Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beverly Hills is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beverly Hills is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #21 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Beverly Hills 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 15,107 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 93% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 79% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 16.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 8.4% of Beverly Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Beverly Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 42,000, Beverly Hills ranks 641st of 1,334 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 91 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
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| 102 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
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| 639 | Suwanee GA | 23,034 | $103K | 10.1% | 5.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 640 | Sun City Center FL | 33,548 | $74K | 8.3% | 2.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 641 | Beverly Hills CA | 30,764 | $133K | 9.6% | 8.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 642 | West Melbourne FL | 31,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 4.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 643 | Roseville MN | 35,663 | $87K | 7.5% | 5.9% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Beverly Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Next door to Beverly Hills
The biggest share goes to West Hollywood (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beverly Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | – | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $132,977 |
| West Hollywood | 2% | B | A+ | 27 min | $96,995 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beverly Hills’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 Beverly Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Beverly Hills?
$132,977 (±$14,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beverly Hills?
9.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beverly Hills?
25 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beverly Hills work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (45%, 4 mi), Burbank (7%, 9 mi), Santa Monica (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beverly Hills walkable?
Beverly Hills is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.6 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beverly Hills without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 79% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beverly Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beverly Hills
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.