Beverly Hills Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Beverly Hills, California: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Beverly Hills: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Beverly Hills spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 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 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,351 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	22.7 min	45.5 min	190 hrs/yr	$5,876	5,908
California	23.5 min	47.0 min	196 hrs/yr	$6,065	2,449
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	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 22.7 minutes to get to work in Beverly Hills. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 30.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Beverly Hills

Driving is 21% less common in Beverly Hills than the California average (59.4% vs 75.2%).

Walking is unusually common in Beverly Hills: 3.1 times more than the California average (7.4% vs 2.4%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Beverly Hills, versus 0.2% in California.

Commute Mode Trends in Beverly Hills, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Beverly Hills get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	77.4%	12.8%	6.8%	1.1%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	76.1%	13.3%	6.7%	1.2%	2.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	78.2%	11.5%	6.3%	0.8%	2.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	78.6%	11.6%	5.4%	1.1%	2.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	78.1%	12.0%	5.8%	1.0%	2.4%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2014	79.0%	12.2%	4.4%	0.8%	2.6%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%
2015	78.5%	13.4%	4.3%	0.9%	1.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2016	77.5%	13.7%	4.8%	0.6%	2.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	77.9%	13.9%	5.0%	0.4%	1.7%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%
2018	78.3%	12.9%	5.0%	0.7%	2.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.1%
2019	77.8%	12.4%	5.5%	0.8%	2.5%	0.5%	0.5%	0.1%
2020	72.6%	15.8%	6.9%	1.3%	2.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%
2021	68.0%	21.3%	6.3%	1.5%	2.3%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%
2022	63.4%	25.2%	7.0%	1.8%	2.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	62.9%	26.3%	7.2%	1.5%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	59.4%	30.1%	7.4%	1.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 79.0%. Overall it fell from 77.4% in 2009 to 59.4% in 2024, down 18.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Beverly Hills: its share of workers rose from 12.8% in 2009 to 30.1% in 2024, up 17.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 17.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.2% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Beverly Hills

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Beverly Hills?

The bars show when commuters in Beverly Hills leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show California for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		0.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		0.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		1.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		3.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		8.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		18.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		17.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		23.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		7.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		2.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		2.8%

Beverly Hills California Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Beverly Hills is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 23.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.6% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 4.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (38.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Beverly Hills, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Beverly Hills Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Beverly Hills next to California and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Beverly Hills	California	United States
2009	8:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	8:36 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	8:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	8:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:30 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:29 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	8:30 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	8:25 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	8:27 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	8:28 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	8:24 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	8:26 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	8:27 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	8:33 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:36 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Beverly Hills were on the road by 8:40 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (8:37 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Beverly Hills now leave 62 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Beverly Hills has moved 16 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Beverly Hills in the whole series.

How does Beverly Hills's commute time compare?

Metric	Beverly Hills	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.7 min	23.5 min	22.4 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	30.1%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	7.4%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.2%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Beverly Hills is about the same as in California.

1.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 7.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Beverly Hills, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Beverly Hills, CA is the smallest of the 4 cities compared here, 31,624 residents against a local median of 39,823. Where Beverly Hills, CA breaks from the cities next to it is one-way commute, sitting 17% below the local median of 27.4 min at 22.7 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The cities themselves spread 3.7 min on one-way commute, so Beverly Hills, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Beverly Hills, CA has the lowest one-way commute of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Beverly Hills, CA	31,624	22.7 min #1/4	30.1% #3/4	8:40 AM #4/4
Los Angeles, CA	3,843,367	30.2 min	19.5%	8:02 AM
West Hollywood, CA	34,884	27.4 min	31.3%	8:34 AM
Culver City, CA	39,823	26.5 min	32.9%	8:29 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

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 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,876 at a typical national wage. That's 3% 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 30.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Beverly Hills would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,351 at the same national wage assumption used above.