San Dimas Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in San Dimas, 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 San Dimas: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in San Dimas spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 213 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

San Dimas 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 San Dimas would save about 85 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,645 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)
San Dimas	25.6 min	51.2 min	213 hrs/yr	$6,612	3,036
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.

San Dimas Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.6 minutes to get to work in San Dimas. That's 14% 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 16.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in San Dimas

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in San Dimas: 3.9 times less than the California average (0.1% vs 0.2%).

Walking is unusually rare in San Dimas: 5.1 times less than the California average (0.5% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in San Dimas: 6.7 times less than the California average (0.4% vs 2.9%).

Biking is unusually rare in San Dimas: 38.5 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Few people walk or bike to work in San Dimas: just 0.5%, 6.3 times below the California average of 3.1%.

Commute Mode Trends in San Dimas, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in San Dimas 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	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.7%	4.2%	0.6%	1.5%	1.8%	0.0%	0.7%	0.4%
2010	90.7%	4.6%	0.6%	1.3%	1.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%
2011	90.0%	4.9%	0.7%	1.5%	1.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%
2012	88.4%	5.2%	1.0%	1.9%	2.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.9%
2013	86.8%	6.0%	1.0%	2.3%	2.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.4%
2014	88.0%	5.2%	1.1%	2.3%	2.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2015	88.9%	5.3%	0.9%	1.8%	2.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.6%
2016	89.2%	4.3%	1.6%	1.8%	2.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%
2017	90.1%	3.6%	1.5%	1.5%	2.2%	0.2%	0.8%	0.2%
2018	89.7%	3.8%	1.2%	1.6%	2.3%	0.1%	1.0%	0.2%
2019	89.3%	4.5%	0.9%	2.1%	1.8%	0.2%	1.2%	0.1%
2020	86.0%	8.2%	0.9%	1.9%	1.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.1%
2021	83.5%	12.9%	0.5%	1.3%	1.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%
2022	83.3%	14.0%	0.4%	1.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%
2023	82.1%	15.3%	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	81.3%	16.6%	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 90.7% in 2009 to 81.3% in 2024, down 9.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in San Dimas: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 16.6% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 0.4% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in San Dimas

What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Dimas?

The bars show when commuters in San Dimas 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		7.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.5%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM		7.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		3.2%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in San Dimas is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 18.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.6%) 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 San Dimas, 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 San Dimas 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 San Dimas 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	San Dimas	California	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:42 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:36 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:40 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:38 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:39 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:36 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:41 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in San Dimas were on the road by 7:41 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:34 AM). California followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in San Dimas now leave 3 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 San Dimas has moved 4 minutes later.

How does San Dimas's commute time compare?

Metric	San Dimas	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.6 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	16.6%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in San Dimas is 25.6 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

San Dimas, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

San Dimas, CA is the 4th largest of the 5 cities compared here, 34,372 residents against a local median of 51,740. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes San Dimas, CA an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 10% above the local median at 16.6% against 15.1%. San Dimas, CA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 5 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
San Dimas, CA	34,372	25.6 min #1/5	16.6% #3/5	7:41 AM #5/5
La Verne, CA	29,835	27.3 min	22.9%	7:35 AM
Glendora, CA	51,981	30.7 min	17.6%	7:30 AM
Pomona, CA	148,496	28.2 min	9.2%	7:27 AM
Covina, CA	51,499	27.2 min	12.5%	7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in San Dimas, California.

Is living in San Dimas, California good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 213 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,612 at a typical national wage. That's 9% more than the typical California commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in San Dimas, California?

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

How common is public transit use in San Dimas, California?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.