2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Long Beach, CA vs Albany, CA

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- The average commute for residents of Albany is 1.2% longer than it is for residents of Long Beach.
- 148.1% more residents of Albany work from home compared to residents of Long Beach.
 Long Beach, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock3227
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 Commute Mode
 Long Beach, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)71.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock6.4%8.6%
 Mass Transit4.7%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock4.5%0.5%
 Walk2.5%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock26.3%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Long Beach, CAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.0%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock5.6%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.10.2%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock10.6%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.16.2%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock5.7%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.17.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock3.4%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.5.0%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock13.5%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.9.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock3.1%2.9%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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