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Figure 4.2 Spatial commuting flows of total workers to Irvine, 1980-2016
from Irvine at 50: From a Planned Community to a Growing Job Center
by University of California, Irvine - School of Social Ecology
MFI Report: Irvine at 50: From a Planned Community to a Growing Job Center December 2021
Figure 4.2. Spatial commuting flows of total workers to Irvine, 1980-2016
As shown in Figure 4.2, more of the commuting flows to Irvine were concentrated towards the northwest, which contains cities they were developed earlier than Irvine, such as Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, and Huntington Beach. Recall that several cities in south Orange County were not incorporated in 1980, which is why they do not appear on this map. Some south county cities have declined since 1990, such as Mission Viejo which has fallen from constituting 4.5% of commuters in 1990 to 3.2% in 2016. Santa Ana to the north has fallen from 14% to 8.5% since 1980, and nearby Costa Mesa has cut in half from 7.3% to 3.6%. However, Anaheim to the north has consistently remained at 4.4% since 1980.
