Is the commute in Beverly Hills longer than the national average?
Map AI8/20/26, 2:43 PM
Commute Time Burden in Beverly Hills: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Beverly Hills spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting.
That is 7% less time on the road than the California average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.
Beverly Hills holds about 0.1% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Beverly Hills would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,277 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Beverly Hills
22.0 min
44.1 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,693
5,908
California
23.6 min
47.2 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,099
2,449
United States
22.5 min
44.9 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,803
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
Beverly Hills Commute Map
On average, it takes
22.0
minutes to get to work in
Beverly Hills.
That's 2% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
09:00 AM – 09:59 AM
,
followed by
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 26.3%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
62.9%
Worked at Home:
26.3%
Walked:
7.2%unusually high
Public Transportation:
2.0%
Other:
1.5%
Bicycle:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle commuting is unusually low in Beverly Hills: 4488.2 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Walked commuting is unusually common in Beverly Hills: 3.0 times more than the California average (7.2% vs 2.4%).
Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Beverly Hills, versus 0.2% in California.
Bicycle commuting is unusually low in Beverly Hills: 5.1 times less than the California average (0.1% vs 0.7%).
How does Beverly Hills's commute time compare?
Metric
Beverly Hills
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.0 min
23.6 min
22.5 min
Departure Window
09:00 AM – 09:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
26.3%
15.5%
13.4%
Walked
7.2%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
2.0%
3.2%
3.5%
The average commute time in Beverly Hills is 22.0 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in California.
2.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.2% in California. 7.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.
Common questions about commuting in Beverly Hills, California.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Beverly Hills, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 184 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,693 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical California commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Beverly Hills, California?
Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in Beverly Hills, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How much money can remote workers save in Beverly Hills, California?
About 26.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Beverly Hills would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,277 at the same national wage assumption used above.