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Sonora, CA vs Chico, CA

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- The average commute for residents of Chico is 9.9% shorter than it is for residents of Sonora.
- 25.5% more residents of Chico work from home compared to residents of Sonora.
 Sonora, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock1727
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 Commute Mode
 Sonora, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Auto (alone)79.5%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock8.7%8.6%
 Mass Transit0.5%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock3.1%0.5%
 Walk9.2%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock9.0%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Sonora, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.8.2%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock22.8%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.19.2%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock17.7%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.4.3%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock4.1%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.1.4%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock1.1%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock3.1%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.8.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock1.7%2.9%
Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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