Redlands Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Redlands, 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 Redlands: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Redlands spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 157 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.7 minutes.

Redlands 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 Redlands would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,943 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)
Redlands	18.8 min	37.6 min	157 hrs/yr	$4,857	2,798
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.

Redlands Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.8 minutes to get to work in Redlands. That's 16% shorter 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 14.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Redlands

Public transit is unusually rare in Redlands: 3.1 times less than the California average (0.9% vs 2.9%).

Biking is unusually rare in Redlands: 3.1 times less than the California average (0.2% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in Redlands, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Redlands 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	Public Transportation	Other	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	89.6%	3.8%	3.5%	0.9%	0.8%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%
2010	89.7%	3.8%	3.4%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%
2011	90.4%	3.3%	3.0%	1.2%	0.4%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%
2012	89.3%	3.4%	3.6%	1.4%	0.4%	0.5%	1.3%	0.0%
2013	89.5%	3.6%	3.4%	1.6%	0.4%	0.3%	1.1%	0.0%
2014	90.0%	3.6%	3.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%
2015	90.0%	3.4%	3.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%
2016	89.4%	3.7%	3.5%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	1.0%	0.0%
2017	90.2%	3.8%	3.1%	1.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%
2018	91.0%	3.7%	3.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
2019	90.6%	4.1%	2.6%	0.9%	0.7%	0.3%	0.9%	0.0%
2020	88.1%	6.9%	2.5%	0.8%	0.8%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2021	85.7%	9.9%	2.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%
2022	84.6%	11.5%	1.6%	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.0%
2023	82.8%	13.4%	1.5%	0.8%	0.9%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
2024	82.1%	14.0%	1.4%	0.9%	0.9%	0.3%	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 2018 at 91.0%. Overall it fell from 89.6% in 2009 to 82.1% in 2024, down 7.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Redlands: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 14.0% in 2024, up 10.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.5% to 1.4% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Public transit overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Redlands

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Redlands?

The bars show when commuters in Redlands 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		6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.8%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.6%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Redlands is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (28.7%) 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 Redlands, 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 Redlands 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 Redlands 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	Redlands	California	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:38 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:37 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:40 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:41 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:41 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:46 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Redlands were on the road by 7:46 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:41 AM). California followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Redlands now leave 8 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 Redlands has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Redlands in the whole series.

How does Redlands's commute time compare?

Metric	Redlands	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.8 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	14.0%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.9%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Redlands is 18.8 minutes, shorter than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.9% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Redlands, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

Redlands, CA is the 2nd largest of the 5 cities compared here, 78,265 residents against a local median of 49,987. The measure that sets Redlands, CA apart most is work from home: 14.0%, 53% above the local median of 9.2%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.8 min against a local median of 26.2 min, 28% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 28% below the local median it puts Redlands, CA at the better end of the local range. The cities themselves spread 3.4% on work from home, so Redlands, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Redlands, CA has the highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Redlands, CA	78,265	18.8 min #2/5	14.0% #1/5	7:46 AM #4/5
Highland, CA	48,019	22.1 min	7.6%	7:26 AM
Loma Linda, CA	21,884	16.5 min	10.7%	7:54 AM
Yucaipa, CA	51,955	30.3 min	11.0%	7:36 AM
Moreno Valley, CA	186,868	30.8 min	7.7%	7:04 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Redlands, California.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 157 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,857 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical California commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Redlands, California?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Redlands, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.9% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.