Photo: Ghostgrrrl626 · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Rosemead (5.8%) is higher than in 72% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 17.5 in Los Angeles. Rosemead grades B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 9% of workers, the job is at home, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Rosemead in brief
Rosemead’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rosemead is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #479 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Rosemead’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosemead could be anywhere from C+ to B.
21% of working residents work in Los Angeles
Where Rosemead 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.
How many people are in Rosemead by day
On a workday 18,809 residents head out to work, 1,786 work right here, and 12,378 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43,000 people are in Rosemead on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
The 14,164 jobs based in Rosemead
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosemead, 2013 → 2023: 15,754 → 14,164. 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 Rosemead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Rosemead
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosemead workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,917 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.
Half of Rosemead commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Rosemead
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosemead is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #291 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.6% 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 22,969 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 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). 7.1% of Rosemead households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Rosemead’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rosemead is 592nd of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Cupertino CA | 58,333 | $235K | 4.1% | 4.0% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | South San Francisco CA | 64,941 | $137K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Newark CA | 47,895 | $169K | 4.3% | 4.3% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 590 | Wildomar CA | 37,889 | $104K | 10.6% | 7.7% | 5% | B− |
| 591 | Wenatchee WA | 35,547 | $73K | 10.4% | 3.2% | 44% | B− |
| 592 | Rosemead CA | 49,410 | $74K | 13.7% | 5.8% | 9% | B− |
| 593 | Jefferson City MO | 42,489 | $66K | 12.0% | 3.2% | 58% | B− |
| 594 | Midland MI | 42,806 | $73K | 10.3% | 4.1% | 43% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Rosemead, the top three, the last and three more from California.
The towns next door employ 12% of Rosemead
The biggest share goes to San Gabriel (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosemead workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemead | – | B− | A | 27 min | $73,566 |
| South San Gabriel | under 3% | B | A− | 27 min | $76,806 |
| San Gabriel | 3% | B+ | A | 28 min | $90,488 |
| El Monte | 3% | C+ | A | 28 min | $68,030 |
| Monterey Park | 3% | B | A+ | 28 min | $81,855 |
| Montebello | under 3% | B− | A | 31 min | $79,971 |
| South El Monte | 3% | C+ | A | 27 min | $72,990 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosemead’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 Rosemead: questions
What is the median household income in Rosemead?
$73,566 (±$5,485) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosemead?
13.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosemead?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosemead work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Los Angeles (21%, 19 mi), Pasadena (4%, 7 mi), Alhambra (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosemead walkable?
Rosemead is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosemead without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosemead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosemead
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.