Calexico Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Calexico, 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 Calexico: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Calexico spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 186 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 1.2 minutes.

Calexico 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 Calexico would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,305 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)
Calexico	22.3 min	44.6 min	186 hrs/yr	$5,762	1,109
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.

Calexico Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.3 minutes to get to work in Calexico. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Calexico

Public transit is unusually rare in Calexico: 4.7 times less than the California average (0.6% vs 2.9%).

Taking a taxi is unusually common in Calexico: 5.5 times more than the California average (1.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Calexico, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Calexico 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	Taxi	Public Transportation	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.3%	2.7%	4.2%	1.8%	0.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	86.7%	3.2%	4.5%	2.0%	0.9%	2.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	87.5%	2.9%	2.8%	1.6%	0.9%	3.3%	0.2%	0.8%
2012	85.3%	3.3%	3.8%	2.6%	0.9%	3.2%	0.2%	0.8%
2013	85.8%	4.8%	1.9%	2.3%	0.9%	3.4%	0.1%	0.8%
2014	87.0%	4.1%	2.4%	1.6%	1.0%	2.5%	0.1%	1.2%
2015	85.6%	5.2%	3.0%	1.6%	1.2%	2.2%	0.0%	1.1%
2016	83.9%	8.0%	3.4%	1.7%	0.9%	1.8%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	83.6%	9.1%	2.2%	2.3%	1.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	83.2%	9.7%	2.4%	1.6%	1.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	83.1%	8.6%	4.1%	1.1%	0.8%	2.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	80.6%	11.6%	3.6%	0.9%	0.4%	2.8%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	80.3%	10.2%	3.9%	2.7%	0.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	81.3%	9.2%	4.8%	1.2%	0.0%	3.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2023	84.0%	8.0%	4.5%	1.2%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.5%
2024	84.1%	8.7%	3.5%	1.5%	1.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2021 at 80.3%. Overall it fell from 88.3% in 2009 to 84.1% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Calexico: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 6.0 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 11.6% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 8.7%.

Commute Start Times in Calexico

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Calexico?

The bars show when commuters in Calexico 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		11.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.4%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Calexico is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 23.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 45.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Calexico, 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 Calexico 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 Calexico 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	Calexico	California	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:34 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:38 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:38 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:30 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:33 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Calexico were on the road by 7:26 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Calexico now leave 12 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Calexico has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Calexico in the whole series.

How does Calexico's commute time compare?

Metric	Calexico	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.3 min	23.5 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.7%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Calexico is 22.3 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.6% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Calexico, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Calexico, CA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Calexico, CA	28,216	22.3 min #2/2	8.7% #1/2	7:26 AM #1/2
El Centro, CA	40,361	16.1 min	6.6%	7:37 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Calexico, California.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,762 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical California commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Calexico, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Calexico, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.6% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.