Commuting in Mono 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 Mono County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Mono County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 100 hours, about 4.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 49% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 11.5 minutes.
Mono County holds about 0.0% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Mono County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,235 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)
Mono County
12.0 min
23.9 min
100 hrs/yr
$3,088
248
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.
On average, it takes
12.0
minutes to get to work in
Mono County.
That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in California
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Mono County
Car:
68.4%
Worked at Home:
17.3%
Walked:
7.7%unusually high
Other:
4.7%
Public Transportation:
0.8%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.4%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Walking is unusually common in Mono County: 3.3 times more than the California average (7.7% vs 2.4%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Mono County: 3.4 times less than the California average (0.8% vs 2.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mono County, versus 0.2% in California.
Commute Mode Trends in Mono County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Mono 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
Walked
Other
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
78.6%
3.5%
10.5%
0.9%
1.6%
2.6%
1.9%
0.3%
2010
74.8%
4.9%
11.1%
1.8%
3.2%
2.2%
1.6%
0.3%
2011
75.5%
5.8%
11.2%
2.0%
2.8%
1.4%
0.8%
0.6%
2012
72.5%
7.9%
11.5%
1.9%
2.9%
2.7%
0.0%
0.6%
2013
66.6%
9.9%
13.9%
2.0%
5.0%
2.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
61.5%
13.0%
13.6%
2.7%
6.8%
2.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
54.2%
12.9%
14.2%
1.3%
12.0%
5.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
52.5%
11.6%
13.4%
0.7%
16.6%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
51.8%
9.3%
11.1%
0.6%
19.7%
7.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
58.3%
8.0%
7.3%
0.9%
18.9%
6.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
62.0%
5.6%
4.8%
0.4%
21.3%
5.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
68.2%
7.7%
5.5%
0.3%
15.9%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
70.1%
9.5%
6.5%
0.5%
11.1%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
71.4%
14.4%
8.0%
0.7%
3.9%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
2023
71.9%
16.2%
7.0%
1.9%
1.6%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
2024
68.4%
17.3%
7.7%
4.7%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2017 at 51.8%. Overall it fell from 78.6% in 2009 to 68.4% in 2024, down 10.2 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Mono County: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 17.3% in 2024, up 13.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 10.5% to 7.7% of workers (down 2.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 21.3% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 0.8%.
Commute Start Times in Mono County
🚦Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among California's 58 counties: 66.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mono County?
The bars show when commuters in Mono 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
12:00-4:59 AMMono County0.8%California6.7%
0.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMono County1.4%California4.5%
1.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMono County0.5%California4.5%
0.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMono County4.0%California8.4%
4.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMono County13.3%California7.5%
13.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMono County10.2%California13.1%
10.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMono County25.1%California10.2%
25.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMono County17.6%California12.6%
17.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMono County0.0%California5.8%
0.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMono County10.2%California8.6%
10.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMono County2.4%California3.9%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMono County1.2%California1.8%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMono County7.0%California6.9%
7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMono County6.4%California5.5%
6.4%
Mono CountyCaliforniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Mono County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 25.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 2.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in California: 66.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.2%) 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 Mono 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 Mono 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 Mono 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
Mono County
California
United States
2009
7:51 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:57 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:56 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:55 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:54 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:52 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:42 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:39 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:44 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:41 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:47 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:50 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:54 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Mono County were on the road by 7:54 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:51 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Mono County now leave 16 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 Mono County has moved 21 minutes later.
How does Mono County's commute time compare?
Metric
Mono County
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.0 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
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
17.3%
17.2%
15.0%
Walked
7.7%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.8%
2.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Mono County is 12.0 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.
0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 7.7% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.
Mono County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Mono County, CA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,148 residents against a local median of 54,498. Mono County, CA's work from home, at 17.3%, runs 79% above the 9.7% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 12.0 min against a local median of 21.7 min, 45% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 45% below the local median it puts Mono County, CA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 9.9% on work from home, so Mono County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mono County, CA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Mono County, California.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Mono County, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 100 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,088 at a typical national wage. That's 49% less than the typical California commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Mono County, California?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Mono County, 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.
How common is public transit use in Mono County, California?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.8% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in California have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).