What does a typical morning commute look like in Davis?
Map AI8/20/26, 3:57 PM
Commute Time Burden in Davis: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Davis spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting.
That is 25% less time on the road than the California average of 23.6 minutes each way, a difference of 5.9 minutes.
Davis 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 Davis would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,832 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)
Davis
17.7 min
35.5 min
148 hrs/yr
$4,581
1,968
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.
Davis Commute Map
On average, it takes
17.7
minutes to get to work in
Davis.
That's 21% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
,
followed by
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
.
Most people travel to work by
Car
, followed by
Worked at Home
.
About 20.9%
work from home.
Commute mode distribution
Car:
54.8%unusually low
Worked at Home:
20.9%
Bicycle:
14.2%unusually high
Public Transportation:
4.7%
Walked:
3.9%
Other:
1.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Car commuting in Davis is 28% lower than the California average (54.8% vs 76.6%).
Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Davis, versus 0.2% in California.
Bicycle commuting is unusually common in Davis: 19.9 times more than the California average (14.2% vs 0.7%).
Davis stands out for active commuting: 18.1% of workers walk or bike to work, 5.9 times the California average of 3.1%.
How does Davis's commute time compare?
Metric
Davis
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.7 min
23.6 min
22.5 min
Departure Window
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
20.9%
15.5%
13.4%
Walked
3.9%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
4.7%
3.2%
3.5%
The average commute time in Davis is 17.7 minutes, shorter than the 23.6 minutes in California.
4.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.2% in California. 3.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.
Common questions about commuting in Davis, California.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Davis, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,581 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical California commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Davis, California?
Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Davis, 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.
Is Davis, California a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 20.9% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Davis would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,832 at the same national wage assumption used above.