La Puente Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in La Puente, 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 La Puente: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in La Puente spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 252 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 6.7 minutes.

La Puente 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 La Puente would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,119 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)
La Puente	30.2 min	60.4 min	252 hrs/yr	$7,797	3,730
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.

La Puente Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.2 minutes to get to work in La Puente. That's 35% 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 4.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in La Puente

Taking a taxi is unusually common in La Puente: 3.7 times more than the California average (0.8% vs 0.2%).

Working from home is unusually rare in La Puente: 3.6 times less than the California average (4.8% vs 17.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in La Puente, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in La Puente 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	90.8%	3.2%	1.3%	1.4%	2.0%	0.1%	1.0%	0.2%
2010	90.5%	3.4%	0.9%	1.2%	2.5%	0.1%	1.4%	0.1%
2011	90.8%	2.9%	0.9%	1.0%	3.1%	0.1%	1.1%	0.2%
2012	90.1%	3.3%	0.9%	1.2%	2.9%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%
2013	90.4%	3.1%	0.6%	1.2%	2.8%	0.0%	1.6%	0.2%
2014	91.2%	2.6%	0.4%	1.5%	3.3%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%
2015	92.0%	1.8%	0.5%	1.6%	3.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2016	90.3%	1.9%	0.3%	2.2%	4.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2017	90.0%	2.0%	0.2%	2.6%	4.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2018	88.7%	2.7%	0.5%	2.8%	4.9%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2019	87.5%	3.1%	0.8%	2.6%	5.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2020	87.7%	3.4%	1.3%	2.0%	5.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2021	88.4%	3.7%	1.6%	1.8%	3.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
2022	87.8%	4.5%	1.9%	1.5%	3.1%	0.7%	0.3%	0.2%
2023	87.3%	4.6%	1.9%	2.1%	2.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%
2024	88.5%	4.8%	1.9%	1.8%	1.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 92.0% and lowest in 2023 at 87.3%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 88.5% in 2024, down 2.3 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in La Puente: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 4.8% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 1.4% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 6th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in La Puente

What Time Do People Leave for Work in La Puente?

The bars show when commuters in La Puente 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		13.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		5.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in La Puente is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 23.7% 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 (25.9%) 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 La Puente, 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 La Puente 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 La Puente 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	La Puente	California	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:17 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:20 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:23 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:21 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:16 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:20 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:23 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in La Puente were on the road by 7:30 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in La Puente now leave 8 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 La Puente has moved 10 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for La Puente in the whole series.

How does La Puente's commute time compare?

Metric	La Puente	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.2 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	4.8%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.8%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.4%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in La Puente is 30.2 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

1.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

La Puente, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
La Puente, CA	37,656	30.2 min #1/2	4.8% #2/2	7:30 AM #1/2
Hacienda Heights, CA	52,314	31.1 min	13.4%	8:05 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in La Puente, California.

Is living in La Puente, California good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 252 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,797 at a typical national wage. That's 29% more than the typical California commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in La Puente, California?

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