Soledad Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Soledad, 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 Soledad: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Soledad spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 227 hours, about 9.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 16% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 3.7 minutes.

Soledad 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 Soledad would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,812 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)
Soledad	27.2 min	54.4 min	227 hrs/yr	$7,030	2,297
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.

Soledad Commute Map

On average, it takes 27.2 minutes to get to work in Soledad. That's 21% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 3.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Soledad

Walking is unusually rare in Soledad: 5.2 times less than the California average (0.5% vs 2.4%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Soledad: 3.9 times less than the California average (0.7% vs 2.9%).

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Soledad: 4.5 times less than the California average (3.8% vs 17.2%).

Biking is essentially absent in Soledad, versus 0.7% in California.

Few people walk or bike to work in Soledad: just 0.5%, 6.7 times below the California average of 3.1%.

Commute Mode Trends in Soledad, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Soledad 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	Other	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Walked	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	93.7%	0.2%	1.8%	1.6%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.8%	0.2%	3.1%	1.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	89.8%	0.6%	4.5%	3.7%	1.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	88.0%	3.1%	5.3%	2.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.2%	4.0%	5.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	87.1%	8.1%	4.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	86.4%	10.5%	1.4%	0.0%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	88.5%	9.3%	1.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	89.4%	8.4%	1.1%	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	85.9%	12.0%	1.0%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	88.4%	9.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	84.5%	13.4%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	84.0%	12.5%	1.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.2%	12.8%	1.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	90.5%	6.3%	2.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.3%	5.4%	3.8%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2010 at 93.8% and lowest in 2021 at 84.0%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2024, down 4.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Soledad: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 2.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 0.5% of workers (down 2.3 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 3.7% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.7%.

Commute Start Times in Soledad

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Soledad?

The bars show when commuters in Soledad 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		12.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		20.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		7.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		1.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Soledad is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.1% across California. Early starts are more common than in California: 26.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush looks much like California's: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.2%) 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 Soledad, 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 Soledad 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 Soledad 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	Soledad	California	United States
2009	6:52 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:54 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:44 AM	7:41 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:45 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:49 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:49 AM	7:43 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:02 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:06 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:03 AM	7:42 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:11 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:06 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:05 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:04 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:59 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:05 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Soledad were on the road by 7:05 AM, 13 minutes later than in 2009 (6:52 AM). The shift is sharper than across California, where the typical start moved 6 minutes later. Commuters in Soledad now leave 33 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 Soledad has moved 6 minutes earlier.

How does Soledad's commute time compare?

Metric	Soledad	California	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	27.2 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	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.8%	17.2%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	2.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Soledad is 27.2 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.

0.7% 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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Soledad, California.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 227 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,030 at a typical national wage. That's 16% more than the typical California commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Soledad, California. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.7% of commuters use it versus 2.9% in California, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.