West Hollywood Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in West Hollywood: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in West Hollywood spend about 55 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 229 hours, about 9.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the California average of 23.5 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.
West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,835 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hollywood | 27.4 min | 54.9 min | 229 hrs/yr | $7,086 | 6,235 |
| 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.
West Hollywood Commute Map
On average, it takes 27.4 minutes to get to work in West Hollywood. That's 22% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 31.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in West Hollywood
- Car: 56.6% unusually low
- Worked at Home: 31.3%
- Walked: 5.9%
- Public Transportation: 3.2%
- Other: 1.4%
- Bicycle: 0.7%
- Motorcycle: 0.6%
- Taxi: 0.4%
Driving is 25% less common in West Hollywood than the California average (56.6% vs 75.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in West Hollywood, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in West Hollywood 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Worked at Home | Walked | Public Transportation | Other | Bicycle | Motorcycle | Taxi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 76.3% | 9.5% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 75.0% | 10.6% | 6.9% | 5.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| 2011 | 75.2% | 11.0% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% |
| 2012 | 76.3% | 10.7% | 6.3% | 5.0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| 2013 | 75.7% | 12.0% | 5.7% | 4.9% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 76.8% | 12.4% | 5.1% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 76.9% | 12.0% | 5.3% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 77.9% | 11.3% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 76.1% | 12.9% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 76.3% | 11.9% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 75.1% | 11.9% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 72.2% | 14.1% | 5.4% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 65.8% | 20.3% | 5.4% | 4.3% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 63.5% | 22.8% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 61.3% | 25.6% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 56.6% | 31.3% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 77.9%. Overall it fell from 76.3% in 2009 to 56.6% in 2024, down 19.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in West Hollywood: its share of workers rose from 9.5% in 2009 to 31.3% in 2024, up 21.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 19.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.3% to 5.9% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).
Public transit peaked at 5.6% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 3.2%.
Commute Start Times in West Hollywood
What Time Do People Leave for Work in West Hollywood?
The bars show when commuters in West Hollywood 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 AM
West Hollywood2.2%
California6.7%
|
2.2% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
West Hollywood1.3%
California4.5%
|
1.3% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
West Hollywood0.3%
California4.5%
|
0.3% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
West Hollywood6.8%
California8.4%
|
6.8% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
West Hollywood3.3%
California7.5%
|
3.3% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
West Hollywood11.6%
California13.1%
|
11.6% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
West Hollywood7.0%
California10.2%
|
7.0% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
West Hollywood15.8%
California12.6%
|
15.8% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
West Hollywood14.3%
California5.8%
|
14.3% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
West Hollywood16.1%
California8.6%
|
16.1% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
West Hollywood6.5%
California3.9%
|
6.5% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
West Hollywood3.6%
California1.8%
|
3.6% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
West Hollywood4.9%
California6.9%
|
4.9% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
West Hollywood6.4%
California5.5%
|
6.4% |
West Hollywood California Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in West Hollywood is 9:00-9:59 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.6% across California. Early starts are less common than in California: 3.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 15.8% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in California: 37.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 43.3% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (37.5%) 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 West Hollywood, 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 West Hollywood 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 West Hollywood 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | West Hollywood | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8:26 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 8:30 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 8:33 AM | 7:41 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 8:35 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 8:38 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 8:34 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 8:32 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 8:32 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 8:30 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 8:29 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 8:29 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 8:25 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 8:26 AM | 7:42 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 8:31 AM | 7:43 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 8:33 AM | 7:44 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 8:34 AM | 7:45 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in West Hollywood were on the road by 8:34 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (8:26 AM). California followed the same path, with the typical start moving 6 minutes later. Commuters in West Hollywood now leave 56 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 West Hollywood has moved 5 minutes later.
How does West Hollywood's commute time compare?
| Metric | West Hollywood | California | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 27.4 min | 23.5 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 09:00 AM – 09:59 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 | 31.3% | 17.2% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 5.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 3.2% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in West Hollywood is 27.4 minutes, longer than the 23.5 minutes in California.
3.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 2.9% in California. 5.9% commute by walking, higher than the 2.4% in California.
West Hollywood, CA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities
West Hollywood, CA is typical in size for this group, 34,884 residents against a local median of 39,823, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest cities, which makes West Hollywood, CA an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 4% above the local median at 31.3% against 30.1%. West Hollywood, CA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 4 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hollywood, CA | 34,884 | 27.4 min #3/4 | 31.3% #2/4 | 8:34 AM #3/4 |
| Beverly Hills, CA | 31,624 | 22.7 min | 30.1% | 8:40 AM |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3,843,367 | 30.2 min | 19.5% | 8:02 AM |
| Culver City, CA | 39,823 | 26.5 min | 32.9% | 8:29 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in West Hollywood, California.
Is living in West Hollywood, California good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 229 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,086 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical California commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in West Hollywood, California?
Traffic peaks between 09:00 AM – 09:59 AM in West Hollywood, 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 West Hollywood, California a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 31.3% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in West Hollywood would save about 91 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,835 at the same national wage assumption used above.