Photo: Bluesnote · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Las Flores’
Poverty touches 4.8% of residents, against 12.0% across California. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Jobs and income earn Las Flores A+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Las Flores apart on work
Las Flores is a place people come home to
There are 547 jobs based in Las Flores, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Las Flores has about 3,200 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Las Flores than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Las Flores fell from 882 in 2013 to 547 in 2023, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Las Flores
72% of Las Flores residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 52% of the jobs based in Las Flores pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Las Flores
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Las Flores is among the top U.S. towns, #4 of 847 in California. Household income is its strongest input ($211,782, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Las Flores could be anywhere from A to A+.
How a workday changes Las Flores
On a workday 2,790 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 516 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Las Flores on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Las Flores
547 jobs are based in Las Flores.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Las Flores, 2013 → 2023: 882 → 547. 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 Las Flores’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Irvine
Where Las Flores clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 26 minutes from Las Flores
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Las Flores workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,889 commuters (the 20% 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.
Miles to work from Las Flores
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Few in Las Flores walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Las Flores is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #770 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Las Flores 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 3,591 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.7% of Las Flores households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Las Flores’ commuters take a bus or train.
65th of 3,432: where Las Flores ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 63 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 64 | Genesee WI | 7,235 | $119K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| 65 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 66 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 67 | Centerville MN | 3,978 | $123K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Emerald Lake Hills CA | 4,235 | $250K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Las Flores, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 12% of Las Flores
The biggest share goes to Rancho Santa Margarita (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Las Flores workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Flores | – | A+ | C | 26 min | $211,782 |
| Rancho Mission Viejo | under 3% | A | C+ | 29 min | $192,813 |
| Rancho Santa Margarita | 6% | A | B+ | 26 min | $152,560 |
| Mission Viejo | 6% | A | A− | 27 min | $136,123 |
| Ladera Ranch | under 3% | A | B+ | 27 min | $184,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Las Flores’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 Las Flores: questions
What is the median household income in Las Flores?
$211,782 (±$24,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Las Flores?
4.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Las Flores?
26 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Las Flores work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Irvine (17%, 11 mi), Rancho Santa Margarita (6%, 4 mi), Mission Viejo (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Las Flores walkable?
Las Flores is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Las Flores without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Las Flores, from the people who make the trip.
More of Las Flores
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.