Hollister Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Hollister, 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 Hollister: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hollister spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 272 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.

Hollister 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 Hollister would save about 109 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,374 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)
Hollister	32.7 min	65.3 min	272 hrs/yr	$8,436	2,695
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.

Hollister Commute Map

On average, it takes 32.7 minutes to get to work in Hollister. That's 46% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hollister

Walking is unusually rare in Hollister: 4.8 times less than the California average (0.5% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Hollister: 3.2 times less than the California average (0.9% vs 2.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hollister, versus 0.2% in California.

Commute Mode Trends in Hollister, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hollister 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	93.7%	2.6%	0.2%	0.8%	0.4%	2.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	93.4%	2.8%	0.2%	0.7%	0.7%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	92.3%	3.6%	1.0%	0.7%	0.9%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2012	91.6%	3.5%	1.1%	0.5%	0.8%	1.9%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	92.3%	3.4%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	92.5%	3.4%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	1.4%	0.6%	0.0%
2015	93.9%	2.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.2%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2016	95.2%	1.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	95.4%	2.2%	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	94.5%	2.0%	0.3%	0.4%	1.0%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	94.7%	1.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.9%	1.5%	0.3%	0.0%
2020	92.4%	3.9%	0.8%	0.4%	1.0%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	91.3%	6.0%	0.5%	0.9%	0.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.0%
2022	89.2%	7.5%	0.5%	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2023	88.2%	8.3%	0.6%	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.6%	0.0%
2024	87.2%	9.4%	1.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%	0.3%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 95.4%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 87.2% in 2024, down 6.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hollister: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.3% to 0.5% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Biking overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Hollister

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hollister?

The bars show when commuters in Hollister 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		11.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		10.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hollister is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 11.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 25.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 37.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.3%) 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 Hollister, 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 Hollister 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 Hollister 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	Hollister	California	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:31 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:28 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:13 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:11 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:12 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:17 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:15 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:14 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:08 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:17 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:19 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hollister were on the road by 7:19 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Hollister now leave 19 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 Hollister has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Hollister's commute time compare?

Metric	Hollister	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	32.7 min	23.5 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 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	9.4%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.9%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hollister is 32.7 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hollister, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Hollister, CA	29,946	32.7 min #2/2	9.4% #2/2	7:19 AM #1/2
Gilroy, CA	43,150	28.7 min	10.3%	7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hollister, California.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 272 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,436 at a typical national wage. That's 39% more than the typical California commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Hollister, 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.

How common is public transit use in Hollister, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.9% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.