How long is the commute in Riverside?

Average travel time to work in Riverside, 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 Riverside gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 28.7 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 74.7
• Carpooled: 10.3
• Transit: 1.5
• Walked: 2.4
• From home: 9.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Riverside: 28.7
• Riverside County: 30.1
• CA: 24.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 9.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 5.7 minutes longer than the national average.

Working from home went from 4.5% of workers in 2015 to 9.3% in the latest estimates.