Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lennox commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Lennox report 1,789 jobs, and 7,859 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Lennox C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 9.2 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
Jobs and commuting in Lennox: the gist
Lennox and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Lennox residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Lennox come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lennox is a place people come home to
There are 1,789 jobs based in Lennox, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lennox has about 13,000 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lennox residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Lennox’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lennox is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #596 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Lennox’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lennox could be anywhere from C− to B.
37% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Lennox 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.
Lennox by day and by night
On a workday 7,627 residents head out to work, 232 work right here, and 1,557 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Lennox on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lennox
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.
The kinds of work in Lennox
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lennox, 2013 → 2023: 1,936 → 1,789. 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 Lennox’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lennox spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lennox workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,979 commuters (the 5% 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: Lennox
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lennox is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #60 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Lennox 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 9,430 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, 78% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 7.1% of Lennox households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Lennox’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lennox next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000: 1,311th of 1,760 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,309 | Speedway IN | 14,373 | $60K | 17.5% | 5.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,310 | Alexandria MN | 15,045 | $61K | 12.0% | 3.6% | 56% | C+ |
| 1,311 | Lennox CA | 19,449 | $58K | 16.4% | 6.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,312 | Beaufort SC | 15,775 | $61K | 12.5% | 3.6% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,313 | Laguna Woods CA | 16,844 | $59K | 14.2% | 7.3% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | 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 Lennox, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Lennox
The biggest share goes to Inglewood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lennox’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 Lennox: questions
What is the median household income in Lennox?
$57,759 (±$14,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lennox?
16.4%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lennox?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lennox work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (37%, 6 mi), Inglewood (4%, 2 mi), Torrance (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lennox walkable?
Lennox is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lennox without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 78% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lennox, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lennox
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.