Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Marina del Rey have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
1.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.0% across California. The two grades for Marina del Rey are A− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 55% of workers have no commute at all, where California as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marina del Rey in brief
A lot of Marina del Rey works from home
55% of Marina del Rey workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Marina del Rey trades workers with the towns around it
Marina del Rey has about as many jobs (4,714) as working residents (4,528), but they are mostly different people: 4,352 residents leave for work each day while 4,538 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Marina del Rey are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Marina del Rey and Los Angeles trade workers both ways
Los Angeles is the top workplace for Marina del Rey residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Marina del Rey come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Three in four Marina del Rey workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Marina del Rey’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Marina del Rey’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marina del Rey is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #131 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Marina del Rey’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (11.2%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Marina del Rey could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Marina del Rey: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marina del Rey workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,151 commuters (the 55% 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.
In and out of Marina del Rey on a workday
On a workday 4,352 residents head out to work, 176 work right here, and 4,538 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 (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
41% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Marina del Rey clocks in
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Marina del Rey
4,714 jobs are based in Marina del Rey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marina del Rey, 2014 → 2024: 4,139 → 4,714. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marina del Rey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Marina del Rey, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Marina del Rey is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.8% 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 7,007 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, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 14.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% 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). 6.4% of Marina del Rey households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Marina del Rey’s commuters take a bus or train.
673rd of 2,886: where Marina del Rey ranks among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 671 | Solon Township MI | 6,652 | $87K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| 672 | Bedminster Township PA | 7,501 | $152K | 3.4% | 5.9% | 5% | A− |
| 673 | Marina del Rey CA | 9,176 | $147K | 1.8% | 11.2% | 4% | A− |
| 674 | Burtonsville MD | 10,203 | $134K | 4.3% | 6.7% | 3% | A− |
| 675 | Lochbuie CO | 8,776 | $97K | 7.7% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Marina del Rey, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Marina del Rey: questions
What is the median household income in Marina del Rey?
$146,623 (±$17,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marina del Rey?
1.8%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marina del Rey?
32 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 55% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marina del Rey work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (41%, 4 mi), Santa Monica (8%, 4 mi), Burbank (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marina del Rey walkable?
Marina del Rey is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 16.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marina del Rey without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marina del Rey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marina del Rey
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.