Photo: Thebluewriter · CC BY-SA 4.0Diamond Bar has higher household incomes than 83% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 33 minutes each way (California 29, U.S. 26). Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents, against 12.0% across California. Diamond Bar grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Diamond Bar is Los Angeles, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (2,559) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Diamond Bar draws workers from far and wide
The 17,655 jobs in Diamond Bar are filled from a wide area. Diamond Bar’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 63% 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.
Income, poverty and work: Diamond Bar’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Diamond Bar is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #223 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Diamond Bar’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Diamond Bar could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Diamond Bar
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.
12% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Diamond Bar clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 20,404 residents head out to work, 1,794 work right here, and 15,861 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Diamond Bar: what the 17,655 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diamond Bar, 2013 → 2023: 15,309 → 17,655. 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 Diamond Bar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Diamond Bar: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamond Bar workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,699 commuters (the 18% 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.
For most of Diamond Bar, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Diamond Bar is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #505 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 25,381 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 74% 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). 2.4% of Diamond Bar households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Diamond Bar’s commuters take a bus or train.
Diamond Bar places 343rd of 862 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 36,000 to 70,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Dundee Township IL | 64,737 | $98K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 14% | A− |
| 342 | Schertz TX | 45,978 | $100K | 5.2% | 6.2% | 9% | A− |
| 343 | Diamond Bar CA | 51,884 | $108K | 10.0% | 4.9% | 8% | A− |
| 344 | Abington Township PA | 58,656 | $104K | 7.5% | 5.7% | 9% | A− |
| 345 | Coventry RI | 36,281 | $103K | 7.4% | 4.5% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 862 | 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 Diamond Bar, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work next door: 12% of Diamond Bar’s workers
The biggest share goes to Industry (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Diamond Bar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Bar | – | A− | B+ | 33 min | $108,281 |
| Industry | 6% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Pomona | 4% | B− | A | 32 min | $79,479 |
| Rowland Heights | 2% | B | A | 33 min | $85,617 |
| Chino Hills | under 2% | B+ | B | 36 min | $126,334 |
Same-state neighbors only. Industry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Diamond Bar’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 Diamond Bar: questions
What is the median household income in Diamond Bar?
$108,281 (±$6,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamond Bar?
10.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamond Bar?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diamond Bar work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (12%, 34 mi), Industry (6%, 7 mi), Anaheim (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Diamond Bar walkable?
Diamond Bar is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diamond Bar without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diamond Bar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamond Bar
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.