2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Long Beach, CA

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- The average commute for residents of Long Beach is 13.3% longer than it is for residents of Santa Barbara.
- 18.9% fewer residents of Long Beach work from home compared to residents of Santa Barbara.
 Santa Barbara, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock3127
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 Commute Mode
 Santa Barbara, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)65.2%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock8.4%8.6%
 Mass Transit2.8%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.6%0.5%
 Walk4.6%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock10.6%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Santa Barbara, CALong Beach, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.4.1%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock4.8%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.27.3%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock13.8%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.13.0%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock6.2%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.3.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock3.0%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock9.3%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.1.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock3.7%2.9%
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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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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