Foothill Farms Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Foothill Farms, 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 Foothill Farms: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Foothill Farms spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is about the same time on the road as the California average of 23.5 minutes each way.

Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,424 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)
Foothill Farms	23.5 min	46.9 min	195 hrs/yr	$6,059	5,774
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.

Foothill Farms Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.5 minutes to get to work in Foothill Farms. That's 5% 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 working from home. About 12.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Foothill Farms

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Foothill Farms, versus 0.2% in California.

Public transit is unusually rare in Foothill Farms: 9.4 times less than the California average (0.3% vs 2.9%).

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Foothill Farms: 3.7 times less than the California average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Foothill Farms, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Foothill Farms 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	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.2%	3.2%	1.0%	1.1%	0.6%	3.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	90.0%	2.6%	1.3%	0.7%	0.4%	4.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	90.1%	3.4%	1.4%	1.1%	0.4%	3.4%	0.1%	0.2%
2012	89.6%	3.6%	1.3%	1.1%	0.7%	3.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2013	90.1%	3.7%	1.2%	1.2%	0.8%	2.7%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	90.8%	3.6%	1.8%	1.2%	0.6%	1.6%	0.2%	0.2%
2015	90.1%	4.0%	2.1%	1.3%	0.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	90.2%	4.4%	2.0%	1.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	89.5%	5.1%	2.0%	1.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2018	89.2%	6.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.6%	1.5%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	89.2%	7.2%	0.9%	0.6%	0.7%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	89.2%	7.9%	0.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	87.8%	9.2%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	85.9%	11.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%
2023	85.3%	11.2%	1.2%	1.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	84.1%	12.7%	1.2%	1.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	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 90.8%. Overall it fell from 90.2% in 2009 to 84.1% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Foothill Farms: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 12.7% in 2024, up 9.5 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.7% to 0.3% of workers (down 3.4 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Foothill Farms

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Foothill Farms?

The bars show when commuters in Foothill Farms 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		7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Foothill Farms is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 18.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 42.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.7%) 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 Foothill Farms, 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 Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms 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	Foothill Farms	California	United States
2009	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:22 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:27 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:33 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:25 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:25 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:27 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:33 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:43 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:42 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Foothill Farms were on the road by 7:42 AM, 19 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Foothill Farms now leave 4 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 Foothill Farms has moved 18 minutes later.

How does Foothill Farms's commute time compare?

Metric	Foothill Farms	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.5 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	12.7%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Foothill Farms is about the same as in California.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Foothill Farms, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Foothill Farms, CA is the smallest of the 5 cities compared here, 35,501 residents against a local median of 62,831. The measure that sets Foothill Farms, CA apart most is work from home: 12.7%, 25% below the local median of 17.0%.

The cities themselves spread 7.5% on work from home, so Foothill Farms, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Foothill Farms, CA has the 4th highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Foothill Farms, CA	35,501	23.5 min #3/5	12.7% #4/5	7:42 AM #4/5
North Highlands, CA	42,311	26.3 min	12.6%	7:39 AM
Antelope, CA	49,393	27.0 min	17.0%	7:32 AM
Carmichael, CA	76,270	22.8 min	20.1%	7:48 AM
Citrus Heights, CA	86,009	23.3 min	17.0%	7:39 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Foothill Farms, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Foothill Farms, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,059 at a typical national wage.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Foothill Farms, California?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Foothill Farms, 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.

Do people use public transit in Foothill Farms, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.3% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.