2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Richmond, VA vs Vallejo, CA

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- The average commute for residents of Vallejo is 15.2% longer than it is for residents of Richmond.
- 47.6% fewer residents of Vallejo work from home compared to residents of Richmond.
 Richmond, VAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock3727
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 Commute Mode
 Richmond, VAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)67.8%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock16.1%8.6%
 Mass Transit4.3%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.1%0.5%
 Walk4.5%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock6.0%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Richmond, VAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.2.0%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock6.1%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.16.0%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock11.0%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.19.7%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock4.3%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.12.8%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock2.2%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock12.8%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.2.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock8.1%2.9%
Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 4 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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