Moreno Valley Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Moreno Valley, 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 Moreno Valley: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Moreno Valley spend about 62 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 257 hours, about 10.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 31% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.

Moreno Valley holds about 0.5% of California's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Moreno Valley would save about 103 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,185 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)
Moreno Valley	30.8 min	61.6 min	257 hrs/yr	$7,962	3,360
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.

Moreno Valley Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.8 minutes to get to work in Moreno Valley. That's 38% 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 7.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Moreno Valley

Walking is unusually rare in Moreno Valley: 3.1 times less than the California average (0.8% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Moreno Valley: 3.6 times less than the California average (0.8% vs 2.9%).

Commute Mode Trends in Moreno Valley, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Moreno Valley 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	Bicycle	Motorcycle	Taxi
2009	93.4%	2.3%	1.7%	1.1%	1.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2010	92.6%	2.3%	1.8%	1.4%	1.6%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2011	92.2%	2.4%	1.8%	1.3%	1.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	91.7%	2.4%	1.7%	1.3%	2.2%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
2013	92.2%	2.2%	1.6%	1.0%	2.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
2014	92.0%	2.5%	1.4%	0.9%	2.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2015	92.5%	2.8%	1.2%	0.7%	1.9%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2016	92.9%	2.6%	1.4%	0.7%	1.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	92.9%	3.0%	1.5%	0.7%	1.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2018	93.6%	2.8%	1.3%	0.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%
2019	94.0%	2.7%	1.1%	0.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2020	93.5%	3.7%	0.9%	0.7%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	92.2%	5.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	91.8%	5.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2023	90.6%	7.0%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
2024	89.3%	7.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 93.4% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Moreno Valley: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 5.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 0.8% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Moreno Valley

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Moreno Valley?

The bars show when commuters in Moreno Valley 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		14.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		9.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		4.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Moreno Valley is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 14.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 30.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 33.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Moreno Valley, 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 Moreno Valley 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 Moreno Valley 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	Moreno Valley	California	United States
2009	7:06 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:09 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:12 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:16 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:13 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:12 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:09 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:06 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:06 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:03 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:02 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:02 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:02 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:04 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Moreno Valley were on the road by 7:04 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). That goes against the trend across California, where the typical commuter now leaves 6 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Moreno Valley now leave 34 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Moreno Valley's commute time compare?

Metric	Moreno Valley	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.8 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	7.7%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Moreno Valley is 30.8 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.8% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Moreno Valley, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Moreno Valley, CA is the largest of the 4 cities compared here, 186,868 residents against a local median of 21,884. Where Moreno Valley, CA breaks from the cities next to it is one-way commute, sitting 64% above the local median of 18.8 min at 30.8 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 7.7% against a local median of 10.7%, 28% below it. The cities themselves spread 14.2 min on one-way commute, so Moreno Valley, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Moreno Valley, CA has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Moreno Valley, CA	186,868	30.8 min #4/4	7.7% #4/4	7:04 AM #2/4
Mead Valley, CA	20,008	30.7 min	8.8%	6:37 AM
Loma Linda, CA	21,884	16.5 min	10.7%	7:54 AM
Redlands, CA	78,265	18.8 min	14.0%	7:46 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Moreno Valley, California.

Is commuting expensive in Moreno Valley, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 257 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,962 at a typical national wage. That's 31% more than the typical California commuter spends.

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

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

How common is public transit use in Moreno Valley, 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.