Counties in California by mean travel time to work

Name: Counties in California by mean travel time to work, 2023
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

San Benito County had the highest mean travel time to work of 56 counties in 2023, at 36.1 minutes. Inyo County had the lowest, at 15.8 minutes. The median was 26.3 minutes and the figure for California was 29 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest36.1San Benito County

Lowest15.8Inyo County

Median26.356 counties

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All counties, 2023

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minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 minutes	Change on 2022
1	San Benito County Estimated	36.1	+1
2	Contra Costa County Estimated	36	-0.8
3	San Joaquin County Estimated	34.6	-0.6
4	Calaveras County Estimated	33.9	-1.7
5	Riverside County Estimated	33.8	0
6	Mariposa County Estimated	33.7	+2.3
7	Amador County Estimated	32.6	+1.4
8	San Bernardino County Estimated	32.5	+0.1
9	Alameda County Estimated	31.8	-0.8
9	Solano County Estimated	31.8	-0.9
11	San Francisco County Estimated	31.2	-0.6
11	Tuolumne County Estimated	31.2	+1.6
11	Yuba County Estimated	31.2	+0.2
14	Merced County Estimated	31	+0.5
15	Stanislaus County Estimated	30.9	+0.1
16	Los Angeles County Estimated	30.8	-0.2
17	Lake County Estimated	30.3	-0.7
18	El Dorado County Estimated	28.4	-0.6
18	Madera County Estimated	28.4	-1.1
20	Marin County Estimated	28.3	-1.6
21	Placer County Estimated	27.7	+0.1
21	Sacramento County Estimated	27.7	-0.1
23	San Mateo County Estimated	27.3	-0.7
23	Sutter County Estimated	27.3	-0.9
25	Orange County Estimated	27	-0.3
25	Santa Clara County Estimated	27	-0.6
27	Santa Cruz County Estimated	26.6	-0.1
27	Trinity County Estimated	26.6	-4.7
29	Ventura County Estimated	26	0
30	San Diego County Estimated	25.9	-0.2
31	Monterey County Estimated	25.4	+0.4
32	Sonoma County Estimated	25.3	-0.1
33	Napa County Estimated	24.9	-0.7
34	Colusa County Estimated	24.8	+0.2
35	Kern County Estimated	24.4	+0.5
35	Nevada County Estimated	24.4	+0.1
37	Tehama County Estimated	23.8	-0.4
38	Yolo County Estimated	23.7	-0.2
39	Fresno County Estimated	23.4	+0.1
40	Tulare County Estimated	23.3	+0.1
41	Kings County Estimated	22.8	-0.3
42	Glenn County Estimated	22.4	+0.7
43	Mendocino County Estimated	22.3	+0.6
44	Imperial County Estimated	22	-0.7
45	Modoc County Estimated	21.5	+1.1
46	San Luis Obispo County Estimated	21.4	-0.2
47	Butte County Estimated	21.2	-0.2
48	Santa Barbara County Estimated	20.8	-0.1
49	Siskiyou County Estimated	20.3	+0.3
50	Plumas County Estimated	19.8	+0.7
51	Shasta County Estimated	19.5	-0.7
52	Humboldt County Estimated	19.2	+0.3
53	Lassen County Estimated	19	-1.1
54	Del Norte County Estimated	17.8	+0.6
55	Mono County Estimated	17.5	+2.3
56	Inyo County Estimated	15.8	0

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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. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?

San Benito County, with 36.1 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Inyo County, with 15.8 minutes in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 2 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.