Cudahy has higher unemployment (10.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cudahy C; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cudahy in brief
Cudahy and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Cudahy residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Cudahy come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Cudahy’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the California average of 29. Time on the road ↓
Few Cudahy workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 Cudahy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cudahy is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #683 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Cudahy’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cudahy could be anywhere from C− to C.
25% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Cudahy clocks in
3% 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.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Cudahy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cudahy workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,507 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who commutes out of Cudahy, and who commutes in
On a workday 7,918 residents head out to work, 268 work right here, and 3,022 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Cudahy on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
What work there is in Cudahy: 3,290 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cudahy, 2013 → 2023: 2,577 → 3,290. 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 Cudahy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cudahy
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cudahy
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,901 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, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 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). 6.7% of Cudahy households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Cudahy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cudahy is 1,533rd among 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,531 | Bristol TN | 28,107 | $58K | 13.6% | 6.8% | 26% | C |
| 1,532 | Oak Ridge FL | 23,364 | $55K | 25.3% | 7.9% | 2% | C |
| 1,533 | Cudahy CA | 21,445 | $57K | 28.7% | 10.1% | 3% | C |
| 1,534 | Terrytown LA | 24,726 | $52K | 19.2% | 8.4% | 4% | C |
| 1,535 | Orange TX | 19,419 | $63K | 15.4% | 7.7% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Cudahy, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns around Cudahy
The biggest share goes to South Gate (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cudahy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cudahy | – | C | A | 31 min | $56,615 |
| Bell | under 2% | C | A+ | 30 min | $61,020 |
| South Gate | 2% | B− | A | 33 min | $74,571 |
| Bell Gardens | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 28 min | $62,298 |
| Huntington Park | 2% | C | A+ | 32 min | $59,996 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cudahy’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 Cudahy: questions
What is the median household income in Cudahy?
$56,615 (±$5,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cudahy?
28.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cudahy?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cudahy work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (25%, 14 mi), Commerce (3%, 3 mi), Vernon (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cudahy walkable?
Cudahy is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cudahy without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cudahy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cudahy
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.