Pico Rivera Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Pico Rivera spend about 60 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 251 hours, about 10.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 28% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 6.6 minutes.

Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera would save about 100 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,108 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)
Pico Rivera	30.1 min	60.2 min	251 hrs/yr	$7,771	3,789
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.

Pico Rivera Commute Map

On average, it takes 30.1 minutes to get to work in Pico Rivera. That's 34% 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 8.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Pico Rivera

Biking is unusually rare in Pico Rivera: 9.8 times less than the California average (0.1% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Pico Rivera, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Pico Rivera 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	Other	Public Transportation	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	89.4%	3.8%	1.2%	3.3%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	88.7%	4.5%	0.8%	3.1%	2.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	88.3%	5.1%	1.0%	3.0%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%
2012	89.2%	3.8%	1.1%	3.3%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.9%
2013	89.2%	3.8%	1.0%	3.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%
2014	89.3%	2.9%	1.3%	3.6%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	1.0%
2015	89.3%	2.7%	1.5%	4.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%
2016	90.5%	2.2%	1.3%	3.6%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%
2017	91.9%	1.7%	1.1%	3.2%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
2018	93.0%	1.5%	0.8%	3.0%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	93.0%	2.0%	1.0%	2.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	91.5%	3.7%	1.3%	2.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2021	89.4%	5.7%	1.3%	2.3%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%
2022	87.6%	6.9%	1.5%	2.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2023	85.7%	8.6%	1.9%	2.4%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	86.0%	8.7%	1.9%	1.5%	1.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2018 at 93.0% and lowest in 2023 at 85.7%. Overall it fell from 89.4% in 2009 to 86.0% in 2024, down 3.4 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Pico Rivera: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 8.7% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 1.5% of workers (down 1.8 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Pico Rivera

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pico Rivera?

The bars show when commuters in Pico Rivera 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		11.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		12.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Pico Rivera is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 22.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Pico Rivera, 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 Pico Rivera 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 Pico Rivera 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	Pico Rivera	California	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:16 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:15 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:18 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:16 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:19 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:17 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:22 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:22 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Pico Rivera were on the road by 7:22 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Across California the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Pico Rivera now leave 16 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Pico Rivera's commute time compare?

Metric	Pico Rivera	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	30.1 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	8.7%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.5%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Pico Rivera is 30.1 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

1.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Pico Rivera, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Pico Rivera, CA is the 2nd largest of the 4 cities compared here, 61,353 residents against a local median of 23,021. Pico Rivera, CA's work from home, at 8.7%, runs 18% below the 10.6% typical of the cities around it.

The cities themselves spread 7.0% on work from home, so Pico Rivera, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pico Rivera, CA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Pico Rivera, CA	61,353	30.1 min #2/4	8.7% #3/4	7:22 AM #1/4
West Whittier-Los Nietos, CA	23,021	31.3 min	8.5%	7:22 AM
Montebello, CA	61,415	28.6 min	10.6%	7:27 AM
Santa Fe Springs, CA	22,478	30.7 min	15.5%	7:27 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Pico Rivera, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Pico Rivera, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 251 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,771 at a typical national wage. That's 28% more than the typical California commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Pico Rivera, California?

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