Photo: Sherry Venegas from La Verne, CA · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in La Verne (7.1%) is higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, La Verne is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. La Verne grades B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 17.5 in Los Angeles.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
La Verne and work: the main findings
La Verne’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside La Verne is Los Angeles, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (1,466) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
La Verne draws workers from far and wide
The 9,993 jobs in La Verne are filled from a wide area. La Verne’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 58% 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.
Why La Verne gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, La Verne is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #304 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds La Verne’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. 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, La Verne could be anywhere from B to A−.
How many miles La Verne commutes
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.
11% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where La Verne clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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 many people are in La Verne by day
On a workday 11,894 residents head out to work, 865 work right here, and 9,128 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 (0.78 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.
The kinds of work in La Verne
9,993 jobs are based in La Verne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Verne, 2013 → 2023: 10,047 → 9,993. 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 La Verne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from La Verne: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Verne workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,201 commuters (the 23% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: La Verne
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Verne is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #318 of 847 in California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,328 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.1 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). 5.7% of La Verne households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of La Verne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, La Verne is 685th among 1,415 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 41,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Manhattan Beach CA | 33,122 | $204K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Lafayette CA | 25,313 | $228K | 2.9% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 683 | Lincoln RI | 23,713 | $105K | 7.4% | 7.3% | 13% | B+ |
| 684 | Cherry Hill VA | 26,044 | $122K | 8.6% | 6.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 685 | La Verne CA | 30,178 | $104K | 8.5% | 7.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 686 | Wheeling IL | 38,391 | $85K | 10.0% | 4.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 687 | Midvale UT | 36,099 | $75K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | 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 La Verne, the top three, the last and three more from California.
13% of La Verne works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to San Dimas (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of La Verne’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 La Verne: questions
What is the median household income in La Verne?
$103,761 (±$9,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Verne?
8.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Verne?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Verne work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (11%, 37 mi), Pomona (5%, 4 mi), San Dimas (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Verne walkable?
La Verne is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Verne without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Verne, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Verne
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.