Florence-Graham Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Florence-Graham: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Florence-Graham spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 264 hours, about 11.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 8.2 minutes.
Florence-Graham holds about 0.2% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Florence-Graham would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,272 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence-Graham | 31.7 min | 63.3 min | 264 hrs/yr | $8,179 | 5,079 |
| 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.
Florence-Graham Commute Map
On average, it takes 31.7 minutes to get to work in Florence-Graham. That's 41% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 5.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Florence-Graham
- Car: 83.6%
- Public Transportation: 5.9%
- Worked at Home: 5.2% unusually low
- Walked: 2.2%
- Other: 2.0%
- Taxi: 0.6% unusually high
- Bicycle: 0.3%
- Motorcycle: 0.2%
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Florence-Graham: 3.1 times more than the California average (0.6% vs 0.2%).
Working from home is unusually rare in Florence-Graham: 3.3 times less than the California average (5.2% vs 17.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Florence-Graham, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Florence-Graham 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Public Transportation | Worked at Home | Walked | Other | Taxi | Bicycle | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 81.9% | 11.2% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 81.2% | 11.7% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 80.5% | 13.1% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 80.0% | 14.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 79.4% | 14.6% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 77.9% | 15.8% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 78.1% | 15.7% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 78.9% | 14.3% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 79.8% | 13.0% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 80.1% | 12.0% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 81.0% | 10.9% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 83.0% | 9.1% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 82.8% | 8.2% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | 7.4% | 4.5% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | 6.6% | 4.4% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 83.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2014 at 77.9%. Overall it rose from 81.9% in 2009 to 83.6% in 2024, up 1.7 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Florence-Graham: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 5.2% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 11.2% to 5.9% of workers (down 5.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Florence-Graham
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Florence-Graham?
The bars show when commuters in Florence-Graham 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 |
12:00-4:59 AM
Florence-Graham6.5%
California6.7%
|
6.5% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Florence-Graham6.1%
California4.5%
|
6.1% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Florence-Graham3.8%
California4.5%
|
3.8% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Florence-Graham9.1%
California8.4%
|
9.1% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Florence-Graham9.9%
California7.5%
|
9.9% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Florence-Graham14.0%
California13.1%
|
14.0% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Florence-Graham9.1%
California10.2%
|
9.1% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Florence-Graham11.0%
California12.6%
|
11.0% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Florence-Graham4.8%
California5.8%
|
4.8% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Florence-Graham8.6%
California8.6%
|
8.6% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Florence-Graham2.0%
California3.9%
|
2.0% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Florence-Graham2.2%
California1.8%
|
2.2% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Florence-Graham7.1%
California6.9%
|
7.1% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Florence-Graham5.9%
California5.5%
|
5.9% |
Florence-Graham California Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Florence-Graham is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are about as common as in California: 16.4% 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 (25.8%) 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 Florence-Graham, 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 Florence-Graham 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 Florence-Graham 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Florence-Graham | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:09 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:09 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:11 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:10 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:14 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:14 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:15 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:14 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:15 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:15 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:16 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:16 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:17 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:20 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:24 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:32 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Florence-Graham were on the road by 7:32 AM, 23 minutes later than in 2009 (7:09 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Florence-Graham now leave 6 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 Florence-Graham has moved 17 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Florence-Graham in the whole series.
How does Florence-Graham's commute time compare?
| Metric | Florence-Graham | California | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 31.7 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 | 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM | 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 5.2% | 17.2% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 5.9% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Florence-Graham is 31.7 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.
5.9% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.9% in California. 2.2% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.
Florence-Graham, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
Florence-Graham, CA is typical in size for this group, 59,963 residents against a local median of 53,550, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Florence-Graham, CA apart most is work from home: 5.2%, 25% below the local median of 7.0%.
The cities themselves spread 3.1% on work from home, so Florence-Graham, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Florence-Graham, CA has the 4th highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence-Graham, CA | 59,963 | 31.7 min #4/4 | 5.2% #4/4 | 7:32 AM #4/4 |
| Huntington Park, CA | 53,550 | 31.0 min | 5.8% | 7:24 AM |
| Willowbrook, CA | 21,745 | 31.5 min | 8.9% | 7:18 AM |
| South Gate, CA | 90,685 | 30.9 min | 7.0% | 7:18 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Florence-Graham, California.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Florence-Graham, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 264 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,179 at a typical national wage. That's 35% more than the typical California commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Florence-Graham, California?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Florence-Graham, 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.