Photo: Shinku Hisaki at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Irwindale has 23.0 jobs per working resident, and 15,151 people come in to work
Irwindale has 15,246 jobs, and 664 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Irwindale A+; getting around on foot earns it A. Measured by household income, Irwindale is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Irwindale and work: the main findings
Irwindale fills up on a workday
Irwindale has 15,246 jobs, 23.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, 11 times the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Irwindale draws workers from far and wide
The 15,246 jobs in Irwindale are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 29%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Irwindale’s workers comes from Los Angeles
1,227 of the people who work in Irwindale live in Los Angeles, 26 miles away, more than from any other town. 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; with 664 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Irwindale: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Irwindale is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Irwindale’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Irwindale’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Irwindale could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Irwindale
On a workday 569 residents head out to work and 95 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Irwindale on a workday afternoon, 1013% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Irwindale, and from where
Where Irwindale clocks in
4% 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.
73% of the jobs in Irwindale pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irwindale, 2013 → 2023: 16,409 → 15,246. 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 Irwindale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Irwindale, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irwindale workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 commuters (the 9% 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 far Irwindale’s 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.
Irwindale is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.1% 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 716 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.0 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). 2.9% of Irwindale households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Irwindale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Irwindale is 71st of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 19 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 70 | Loveland Park OH | 1,700 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| 71 | Irwindale CA | 1,439 | $114K | 4.3% | 6.5% | 14% | A+ |
| 72 | Sea Girt NJ | 1,874 | $214K | 3.3% | 4.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 73 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Irwindale, the top three, the last and three more from California.
13% of Irwindale works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Azusa (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irwindale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irwindale | – | A+ | A | 27 min | $114,167 |
| Baldwin Park | under 3% | B | A | 29 min | $80,663 |
| Duarte | 3% | A− | A | 30 min | $105,483 |
| Azusa | 4% | B | A+ | 30 min | $90,721 |
| Monrovia | under 3% | B+ | A | 30 min | $96,021 |
| South Monrovia Island | under 3% | B+ | A | 26 min | $104,444 |
| Vincent | under 3% | B+ | A− | 31 min | $100,443 |
| Arcadia | 3% | A− | A | 29 min | $113,516 |
| West Covina | 3% | B+ | A− | 33 min | $101,065 |
| El Monte | under 3% | C+ | A | 28 min | $68,030 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irwindale’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 Irwindale: questions
What is the median household income in Irwindale?
$114,167 (±$17,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irwindale?
4.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irwindale?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irwindale work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (10%, 26 mi), Pasadena (4%, 10 mi), Azusa (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Irwindale walkable?
Irwindale is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irwindale without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irwindale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irwindale
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.