How long is the commute in Los Angeles?

Average travel time to work in Los Angeles, CA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Los Angeles gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 25.7 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 61.4
• Carpooled: 8.8
• Transit: 6.7
• Walked: 3.1
• From home: 17.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Los Angeles: 25.7
• Los Angeles County: 26.1
• CA: 24.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 17.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 2.7 minutes longer than the national average.

Working from home went from 5.7% of workers in 2015 to 17.3% in the latest estimates.