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Commuting in Lassen County, 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 Lassen County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lassen County spend about 32 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 133 hours, about 5.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 32% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 7.5 minutes.

Lassen County 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 Lassen County would save about 53 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,650 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)
Lassen County 16.0 min 31.9 min 133 hrs/yr $4,125 313
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.

Commute Time Map: California Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in California
  1. Inyo County (11.1 min)
  2. Mono County (12.0 min)
  3. Del Norte County (12.1 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in California
  1. Alpine County (31.3 min)
  2. San Benito County (31.2 min)
  3. Contra Costa County (31.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Lassen County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.0 minutes to get to work in Lassen County. That's 29% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 86% of counties in California

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lassen County

  • Car: 87.4%
  • Worked at Home: 7.0%
  • Bicycle: 2.2% unusually high
  • Walked: 1.7%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Motorcycle: 0.6%
  • Public Transportation: 0.3% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1%

Public transit is unusually rare in Lassen County: 8.4 times less than the California average (0.3% vs 2.9%).

Biking is unusually common in Lassen County: 3.2 times more than the California average (2.2% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lassen County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lassen County 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 Walked Other Motorcycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 88.4% 4.6% 0.3% 4.6% 0.3% 0.2% 1.5% 0.0%
2010 86.0% 4.9% 0.6% 6.9% 0.3% 0.1% 1.2% 0.0%
2011 85.4% 4.9% 0.7% 6.9% 1.0% 0.2% 0.9% 0.0%
2012 87.9% 4.6% 0.5% 5.4% 0.8% 0.1% 0.7% 0.0%
2013 87.1% 4.6% 0.8% 5.3% 0.8% 0.1% 1.3% 0.0%
2014 86.9% 4.5% 0.8% 5.6% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 88.1% 4.8% 0.5% 4.3% 1.1% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0%
2016 88.5% 5.9% 0.5% 3.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
2017 89.8% 5.8% 0.4% 2.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
2018 90.6% 5.7% 0.1% 3.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2019 90.6% 6.3% 0.2% 2.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2020 91.0% 6.2% 0.1% 2.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2021 91.2% 5.5% 0.2% 2.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
2022 90.3% 5.7% 0.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
2023 89.6% 6.7% 0.2% 2.7% 0.1% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
2024 87.4% 7.0% 2.2% 1.7% 0.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2021 at 91.2% and lowest in 2011 at 85.4%. Overall it fell from 88.4% in 2009 to 87.4% in 2024, down 1.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lassen County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 7.0% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.6% to 1.7% of workers (down 2.9 percentage points).

Biking overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Lassen County

  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among California's 58 counties: the typical start is 23 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 3rd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among California's 58 counties: 26.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lassen County?

The bars show when commuters in Lassen County 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
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
12.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
7.6%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
11.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
16.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lassen County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 26.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.0%) 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 Lassen County, 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 Lassen County 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 Lassen County 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 Lassen County California United States
2009 7:35 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:31 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:30 AM 7:41 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:32 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:26 AM 7:43 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:26 AM 7:43 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:21 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:22 AM 7:43 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:21 AM 7:42 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:15 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:15 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:18 AM 7:42 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:20 AM 7:43 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:23 AM 7:44 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:12 AM 7:45 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lassen County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Lassen County now leave 26 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 Lassen County has moved 9 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Lassen County in the whole series.

How does Lassen County's commute time compare?

Metric Lassen County California US Average
Avg. Commute Time 16.0 min 23.5 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 7.0% 17.2% 15.0%
Walked 1.7% 2.4% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.3% 2.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Lassen County is 16.0 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lassen County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lassen County, CA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 30,356 residents against a local median of 19,423. The measure that sets Lassen County, CA apart most is work from home: 7.0%, 45% below the local median of 12.6%.

The counties themselves spread 17.8% on work from home, so Lassen County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lassen County, CA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Lassen County, CA 30,356 16.0 min #3/6 7.0% #6/6 7:12 AM #1/6
Plumas County, CA 19,423 12.8 min 7.2% 7:24 AM
Modoc County, CA 8,600 13.2 min 11.9% 7:58 AM
Washoe County, NV 497,175 20.4 min 12.6% 7:38 AM
Sierra County, CA 2,746 16.2 min 16.8% 7:12 AM
Nevada County, CA 102,481 17.7 min 25.0% 7:54 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lassen County, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Lassen County, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 133 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,125 at a typical national wage. That's 32% less than the typical California commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Lassen County, California?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Lassen County, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Lassen County, 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.

How do commute times compare across counties in California?

Among counties in California, the shortest average commutes are in Inyo County (11.1 min), Mono County (12.0 min), Del Norte County (12.1 min). The longest are in Alpine County (31.3 min), San Benito County (31.2 min), Contra Costa County (31.0 min).