Commuting in Solano County, 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 Solano County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Solano County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 197 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.
Solano County holds about 1.2% of California's population and accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Solano County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,447 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)
Solano County
23.7 min
47.4 min
197 hrs/yr
$6,116
2,287
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.
On average, it takes
23.7
minutes to get to work in
Solano County.
That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 79% of counties in California
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 12.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Solano County
Car:
83.5%
Worked at Home:
12.3%
Public Transportation:
1.5%
Walked:
1.3%
Other:
0.9%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Solano County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Solano County 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
91.1%
3.3%
2.6%
1.4%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2010
91.0%
3.4%
2.6%
1.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
89.2%
3.8%
2.8%
2.7%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
89.3%
3.8%
2.7%
2.6%
0.8%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
90.0%
3.8%
2.6%
2.3%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
90.0%
3.9%
2.6%
2.2%
0.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
90.3%
3.8%
2.8%
1.7%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2016
90.4%
3.8%
2.8%
1.5%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
2017
90.2%
4.1%
3.0%
1.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
2018
90.0%
4.4%
3.0%
1.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
2019
89.8%
4.5%
3.2%
1.2%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2020
88.5%
6.4%
2.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2021
86.8%
8.1%
2.6%
1.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2022
85.5%
9.6%
2.2%
1.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
84.5%
10.9%
1.9%
1.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
83.5%
12.3%
1.5%
1.3%
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. Overall its share fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Solano County: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 12.3% in 2024, up 9.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 1.5% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 2.7% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 1.3%.
Commute Start Times in Solano County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Solano County?
The bars show when commuters in Solano County 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
12:00-4:59 AMSolano County8.2%California6.7%
8.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSolano County6.8%California4.5%
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSolano County5.5%California4.5%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSolano County9.2%California8.4%
9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSolano County7.5%California7.5%
7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSolano County12.1%California13.1%
12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSolano County9.2%California10.2%
9.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSolano County10.8%California12.6%
10.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSolano County4.1%California5.8%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSolano County6.3%California8.6%
6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSolano County3.6%California3.9%
3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSolano County1.9%California1.8%
1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSolano County7.6%California6.9%
7.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSolano County7.2%California5.5%
7.2%
Solano CountyCaliforniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Solano County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 20.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 39.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.7%) 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 Solano County, 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 Solano County 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 Solano County 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
Solano County
California
United States
2009
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:27 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:41 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:25 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:28 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:43 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:26 AM
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:25 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:23 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:25 AM
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:27 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:29 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Solano County were on the road by 7:32 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:25 AM). California followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in Solano County now leave 5 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 Solano County has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Solano County in the whole series.
How does Solano County's commute time compare?
Metric
Solano County
California
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.7 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
12.3%
17.2%
15.0%
Walked
1.3%
2.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.5%
2.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Solano County is 23.7 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.
Solano County, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Solano County, CA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 451,581 residents against a local median of 1,163,035. The measure that sets Solano County, CA apart most is work from home: 12.3%, 36% below the local median of 19.1%.
The counties themselves spread 11.2% on work from home, so Solano County, CA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Solano County, CA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Solano County, California.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Solano County, California?
Commuters here spend an estimated 197 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,116 at a typical national wage. That's 1% more than the typical California commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Solano County, California?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Solano County, 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 do commute times compare across counties in California?
Among counties in California, the shortest average commutes are in Inyo County (11.1 min), Mono County (12.0 min), Del Norte County (12.1 min). The longest are in Alpine County (31.3 min), San Benito County (31.2 min), Contra Costa County (31.0 min).