How Los Angeles works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. Hardly any stay in Los Angeles for work; outside it, Raymondville is the main destination (17%, 1 miles). No jobs are based in Los Angeles in the Census job records; 36 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Los Angeles on a workday afternoon
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 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.
0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Los Angeles commutes to
Where Los Angeles clocks in
17% of workers
8% of workers
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.
Working from home in Los Angeles
of Los Angeles workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Los Angeles goes to work
About 42% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Los Angeles: questions
What is the poverty rate in Los Angeles?
9.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Los Angeles work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raymondville (17%, 1 mi), San Antonio (8%, 210 mi), Edinburg (8%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Los Angeles without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Los Angeles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Los Angeles
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.