Monrovia Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Monrovia, 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 Monrovia: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Monrovia spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 236 hours, about 9.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.9 minutes.

Monrovia 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 Monrovia would save about 94 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,928 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)
Monrovia	28.3 min	56.7 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,319	4,062
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.

Monrovia Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.3 minutes to get to work in Monrovia. That's 26% 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 17.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Monrovia

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Monrovia: 3.6 times less than the California average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Monrovia, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Monrovia 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	86.5%	4.7%	4.2%	2.9%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%
2010	85.1%	5.7%	4.9%	2.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.8%	0.6%
2011	87.1%	4.8%	4.2%	2.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
2012	88.0%	4.3%	3.2%	2.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%	0.4%
2013	87.4%	5.4%	2.8%	2.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%
2014	87.0%	6.2%	2.5%	2.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2015	87.0%	5.7%	2.6%	2.3%	1.2%	0.0%	1.0%	0.1%
2016	85.8%	6.3%	2.7%	2.2%	1.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.3%
2017	85.8%	5.7%	3.3%	2.0%	2.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.3%
2018	85.1%	6.2%	4.0%	1.6%	1.9%	0.2%	0.6%	0.4%
2019	85.5%	5.9%	4.2%	1.6%	1.5%	0.2%	0.6%	0.6%
2020	84.2%	8.5%	3.6%	1.4%	1.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.6%
2021	82.6%	11.0%	2.9%	1.3%	1.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
2022	80.4%	13.3%	2.4%	1.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
2023	78.5%	16.2%	2.3%	1.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	76.5%	17.8%	2.2%	1.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2012 at 88.0%. Overall it fell from 86.5% in 2009 to 76.5% in 2024, down 10.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Monrovia: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 17.8% in 2024, up 13.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 11.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.2% to 2.2% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Monrovia

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Monrovia?

The bars show when commuters in Monrovia 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		6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		9.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Monrovia is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are about as common as in California: 15.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 42.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Monrovia, 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 Monrovia 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 Monrovia 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	Monrovia	California	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:39 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:46 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:46 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:39 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:40 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Monrovia were on the road by 7:40 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Monrovia now leave 2 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 Monrovia has moved 7 minutes earlier.

How does Monrovia's commute time compare?

Metric	Monrovia	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.3 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	17.8%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.2%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Monrovia is 28.3 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

2.2% 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

Monrovia, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Monrovia, CA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Monrovia, CA	38,860	28.3 min #2/3	17.8% #2/3	7:40 AM #2/3
Duarte, CA	22,184	28.4 min	16.7%	7:37 AM
Arcadia, CA	59,130	27.0 min	22.1%	8:14 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Monrovia, California.

Is commuting expensive in Monrovia, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 236 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,319 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical California commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Monrovia, California?

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