2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Mesa, AZ

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of Mesa is 7.8% longer than it is for residents of Santa Barbara.
- 11.3% fewer residents of Mesa work from home compared to residents of Santa Barbara.
 Santa Barbara, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock2527
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 Commute Mode
 Santa Barbara, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Auto (alone)65.2%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock12.2%8.6%
 Mass Transit2.8%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.6%0.5%
 Walk4.6%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock11.6%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Santa Barbara, CAMesa, AZUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.4.1%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock8.3%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.27.3%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock15.6%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.13.0%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock8.8%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.3.7%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock3.5%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.1%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock7.0%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.1.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.5%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 Mesa    61 Reviews

Mesa is a really good city despite some trouble with Superstition Springs and the failure that is Fiesta Mall, there is nice areas throughout and some areas that need to  More

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Over 2 years ago

As someone who was born in Mesa and has lived here in the 85210 in Dobson Ranch for the last 13 years after moving out from Chandler. I can tell you that most of the  More

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I’m a native to Arizona and growing up here has taught me that people just don’t care, and the Mormon community is huge! It’s normal in the state of AZ for kids to start  More

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