Montebello Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Montebello, 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 Montebello: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Montebello spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 239 hours, about 9.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.

Montebello holds about 0.2% of California's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Montebello would save about 95 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,960 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)
Montebello	28.6 min	57.3 min	239 hrs/yr	$7,400	4,265
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.

Montebello Commute Map

On average, it takes 28.6 minutes to get to work in Montebello. That's 28% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Montebello

Commute Mode Trends in Montebello, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Montebello 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	88.7%	1.8%	6.6%	1.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2010	88.1%	2.4%	6.3%	2.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2011	88.0%	2.9%	5.8%	2.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2012	87.7%	3.5%	6.1%	2.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	87.1%	4.5%	5.8%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2014	86.9%	4.8%	5.4%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2015	87.9%	4.2%	5.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2016	87.8%	3.7%	5.5%	1.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
2017	87.5%	3.8%	5.8%	1.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2018	87.8%	3.2%	5.7%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.1%
2019	87.7%	3.0%	6.0%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2020	85.7%	4.9%	5.9%	2.5%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	85.6%	6.1%	4.8%	2.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	85.6%	7.2%	3.6%	2.1%	0.9%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	84.9%	8.9%	2.9%	1.6%	1.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%
2024	83.0%	10.6%	2.9%	1.5%	1.0%	0.4%	0.4%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 88.7% in 2009 to 83.0% in 2024, down 5.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Montebello: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 10.6% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 6.6% to 2.9% of workers (down 3.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 2.5% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 1.5%.

Commute Start Times in Montebello

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montebello?

The bars show when commuters in Montebello 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		11.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		10.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Montebello is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 11.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 22.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 39.9% 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 Montebello, 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 Montebello 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 Montebello 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	Montebello	California	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:21 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:24 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:33 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:27 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Montebello were on the road by 7:27 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Montebello now leave 11 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 Montebello has moved 8 minutes earlier.

How does Montebello's commute time compare?

Metric	Montebello	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	28.6 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.6%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.9%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Montebello is 28.6 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as California. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Montebello, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Montebello, CA is typical in size for this group, 61,415 residents against a local median of 59,749, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Montebello, CA apart most is work from home: 10.6%, 21% above the local median of 8.7%.

The cities themselves spread 9.2% on work from home, so Montebello, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montebello, CA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Montebello, CA	61,415	28.6 min #2/4	10.6% #2/4	7:27 AM #3/4
Pico Rivera, CA	61,353	30.1 min	8.7%	7:22 AM
Monterey Park, CA	59,749	27.4 min	17.8%	8:27 AM
West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA	23,021	31.3 min	8.5%	7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Montebello, California.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Montebello, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 239 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,400 at a typical national wage. That's 22% more than the typical California commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Montebello, California?

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