San Jacinto Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in San Jacinto, 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 Jacinto: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in San Jacinto spend about 66 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 275 hours, about 11.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 9.5 minutes.

San Jacinto holds about 0.1% of California's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in San Jacinto would save about 110 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,408 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 Jacinto	33.0 min	66.0 min	275 hrs/yr	$8,521	2,768
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 Jacinto Commute Map

On average, it takes 33.0 minutes to get to work in San Jacinto. That's 47% 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 9.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in San Jacinto

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in San Jacinto: 139580553.2 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Public transit is unusually rare in San Jacinto: 8.0 times less than the California average (0.4% vs 2.9%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in San Jacinto, versus 0.2% in California.

Biking is unusually rare in San Jacinto: 395341.6 times less than the California average (0.0% vs 0.7%).

Commute Mode Trends in San Jacinto, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in San Jacinto 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	91.3%	4.8%	0.4%	1.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.4%	0.6%
2010	91.1%	5.4%	0.2%	1.9%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
2011	91.5%	4.8%	0.2%	2.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	90.8%	4.4%	0.5%	2.8%	0.7%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%
2013	92.2%	3.0%	0.7%	3.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.6%
2014	90.4%	3.9%	0.7%	3.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.8%
2015	89.8%	3.2%	1.0%	4.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%	0.8%
2016	89.9%	3.0%	0.8%	4.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.4%	1.1%
2017	89.2%	3.0%	1.5%	3.9%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%
2018	89.7%	3.4%	1.5%	3.3%	0.9%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%
2019	89.8%	3.0%	1.7%	3.4%	0.7%	0.4%	0.3%	0.6%
2020	91.0%	4.0%	1.3%	2.1%	0.7%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%
2021	89.9%	5.6%	1.4%	1.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
2022	88.7%	7.9%	0.5%	1.8%	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
2023	87.4%	8.4%	1.7%	1.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	86.5%	9.9%	1.7%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 92.2%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 4.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in San Jacinto: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 9.9% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 4.3% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in San Jacinto

What Time Do People Leave for Work in San Jacinto?

The bars show when commuters in San Jacinto 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		14.2%
5:00-5:29 AM		9.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.7%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		6.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in San Jacinto is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 28.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 35.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.3%) 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 San Jacinto, 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 Jacinto 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 Jacinto 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 Jacinto	California	United States
2009	7:05 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:04 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:09 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:11 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:13 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:14 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:12 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:15 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:13 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:05 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:17 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:16 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:12 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:10 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:16 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in San Jacinto were on the road by 7:16 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:05 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in San Jacinto now leave 22 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 San Jacinto has moved 11 minutes later.

How does San Jacinto's commute time compare?

Metric	San Jacinto	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	33.0 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	9.9%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in San Jacinto is 33.0 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 2.9% in California. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 2.4% in California.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

San Jacinto, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How San Jacinto, CA compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
San Jacinto, CA	46,524	33.0 min #3/3	9.9% #3/3	7:16 AM #1/3
Hemet, CA	83,840	32.2 min	11.3%	7:22 AM
Beaumont, CA	41,121	31.1 min	12.3%	7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in San Jacinto, California.

What is the financial impact of commuting in San Jacinto, California?

Commuters here spend an estimated 275 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,521 at a typical national wage. That's 40% more than the typical California commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in San Jacinto, California?

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

Do people use public transit in San Jacinto, 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.