Brentwood Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Brentwood, 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 Brentwood: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Brentwood spend about 71 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 295 hours, about 12.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 51% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 11.9 minutes.

Brentwood holds about 0.1% of California's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Brentwood would save about 118 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,657 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)
Brentwood	35.4 min	70.8 min	295 hrs/yr	$9,142	4,742
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.

Brentwood Commute Map

On average, it takes 35.4 minutes to get to work in Brentwood. That's 58% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Brentwood

Commute Mode Trends in Brentwood, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Brentwood 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	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Other	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	90.5%	4.4%	0.8%	2.9%	0.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	89.8%	5.1%	0.6%	3.2%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	88.8%	7.5%	0.7%	2.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	87.4%	9.2%	0.7%	1.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	86.8%	9.3%	0.4%	2.3%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.8%	10.2%	0.6%	2.3%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	86.2%	9.1%	0.7%	2.7%	0.2%	1.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	87.6%	6.1%	1.4%	2.7%	0.2%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	88.0%	6.6%	1.3%	2.7%	0.3%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	87.6%	6.1%	1.4%	2.9%	0.7%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	86.8%	5.7%	1.1%	4.4%	0.7%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2020	84.3%	8.8%	1.5%	3.5%	0.8%	1.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	81.5%	12.3%	1.3%	3.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%
2022	79.7%	13.8%	1.6%	3.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2023	76.8%	17.8%	2.1%	2.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	77.7%	17.2%	2.6%	1.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2023 at 76.8%. Overall it fell from 90.5% in 2009 to 77.7% in 2024, down 12.8 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Brentwood: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 17.2% in 2024, up 12.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.9% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Brentwood

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Brentwood?

The bars show when commuters in Brentwood 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		7.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		14.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Brentwood is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.6% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 20.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.6%) 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 Brentwood, 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 Brentwood 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 Brentwood 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	Brentwood	California	United States
2009	7:07 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:14 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:17 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:23 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:45 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:45 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Brentwood were on the road by 7:40 AM, 33 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Brentwood now leave 2 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 Brentwood has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Brentwood's commute time compare?

Metric	Brentwood	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	35.4 min	23.5 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	17.2%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.7%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Brentwood is 35.4 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

1.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Brentwood, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Brentwood, CA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Brentwood, CA	48,932	35.4 min #1/3	17.2% #1/3	7:40 AM #3/3
Oakley, CA	37,873	40.1 min	16.8%	7:21 AM
Antioch, CA	105,266	36.8 min	12.8%	7:15 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Brentwood, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Brentwood, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 295 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $9,142 at a typical national wage. That's 51% more than the typical California commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Brentwood, California?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Brentwood, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.