Counties in California by mean travel time to work
Contra Costa County had the highest mean travel time to work of 57 counties in 2022, at 36.8 minutes. Mono County had the lowest, at 15.2 minutes. The median was 26.7 minutes and the figure for California was 29.2 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
All counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contra Costa County Estimated | 36.8 | -1 |
| 2 | Calaveras County Estimated | 35.6 | -2.4 |
| 3 | San Joaquin County Estimated | 35.2 | 0 |
| 4 | San Benito County Estimated | 35.1 | -1.7 |
| 5 | Riverside County Estimated | 33.8 | -0.2 |
| 6 | Solano County Estimated | 32.7 | -0.5 |
| 7 | Alameda County Estimated | 32.6 | -0.8 |
| 8 | San Bernardino County Estimated | 32.4 | 0 |
| 9 | San Francisco County Estimated | 31.8 | -1 |
| 10 | Mariposa County Estimated | 31.4 | +1.9 |
| 11 | Trinity County Estimated | 31.3 | +4.9 |
| 12 | Amador County Estimated | 31.2 | -0.3 |
| 13 | Lake County Estimated | 31 | +0.7 |
| 13 | Los Angeles County Estimated | 31 | -0.4 |
| 13 | Yuba County Estimated | 31 | +1.5 |
| 16 | Alpine County Estimated | 30.9 | -1 |
| 17 | Stanislaus County Estimated | 30.8 | -0.2 |
| 18 | Merced County Estimated | 30.5 | +0.3 |
| 19 | Marin County Estimated | 29.9 | -0.9 |
| 20 | Tuolumne County Estimated | 29.6 | +0.3 |
| 21 | Madera County Estimated | 29.5 | +0.2 |
| 22 | El Dorado County Estimated | 29 | +0.5 |
| 23 | Sutter County Estimated | 28.2 | +0.2 |
| 24 | San Mateo County Estimated | 28 | -0.7 |
| 25 | Sacramento County Estimated | 27.8 | -0.2 |
| 26 | Placer County Estimated | 27.6 | -0.2 |
| 26 | Santa Clara County Estimated | 27.6 | -0.9 |
| 28 | Orange County Estimated | 27.3 | -0.3 |
| 29 | Santa Cruz County Estimated | 26.7 | -0.2 |
| 30 | San Diego County Estimated | 26.1 | -0.2 |
| 31 | Ventura County Estimated | 26 | -0.8 |
| 32 | Napa County Estimated | 25.6 | -0.6 |
| 33 | Sonoma County Estimated | 25.4 | -0.4 |
| 34 | Monterey County Estimated | 25 | +0.5 |
| 35 | Colusa County Estimated | 24.6 | +1.2 |
| 36 | Nevada County Estimated | 24.3 | -0.9 |
| 37 | Tehama County Estimated | 24.2 | +1.3 |
| 38 | Kern County Estimated | 23.9 | +0.2 |
| 38 | Yolo County Estimated | 23.9 | -0.1 |
| 40 | Fresno County Estimated | 23.3 | 0 |
| 41 | Tulare County Estimated | 23.2 | +0.7 |
| 42 | Kings County Estimated | 23.1 | -0.3 |
| 43 | Imperial County Estimated | 22.7 | +0.7 |
| 44 | Glenn County Estimated | 21.7 | -0.5 |
| 44 | Mendocino County Estimated | 21.7 | +0.9 |
| 46 | San Luis Obispo County Estimated | 21.6 | 0 |
| 47 | Butte County Estimated | 21.4 | 0 |
| 48 | Santa Barbara County Estimated | 20.9 | +0.2 |
| 49 | Modoc County Estimated | 20.4 | -1.5 |
| 50 | Shasta County Estimated | 20.2 | -0.5 |
| 51 | Lassen County Estimated | 20.1 | -0.8 |
| 52 | Siskiyou County Estimated | 20 | +0.8 |
| 53 | Plumas County Estimated | 19.1 | +1 |
| 54 | Humboldt County Estimated | 18.9 | -0.3 |
| 55 | Del Norte County Estimated | 17.2 | +0.4 |
| 56 | Inyo County Estimated | 15.8 | +0.3 |
| 57 | Mono County Estimated | 15.2 | -1.2 |
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About this ranking
Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.
ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?
Contra Costa County, with 36.8 minutes in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?
Mono County, with 15.2 minutes in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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