Shortest Commutes by City, Columbia, South Carolina Leads (2026)

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Mean one-way travel time to work from the American Community Survey, shortest first, city and state.

By The Honest Local · 106 cities · every value links to its public source

17.7 minColumbia, South Carolina leads with the lowest one-way commute of 106 big cities

Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina — **Columbia, South Carolina**, No. 1 lowest of 106. ljb06, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The top five cities one-way commute

No. 1Columbia, South Carolina17.7 minone-way commute
No. 2Syracuse, New York18 minone-way commute
No. 3Asheville, North Carolina18.2 minone-way commute
No. 4Wichita, Kansas18.4 minone-way commute
No. 5Provo, Utah18.4 minone-way commute

Shortest Commutes by City on the map

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Mean one-way travel time to work from the American Community Survey, shortest first, city and state.

Shortest Commutes by City, all 106

The full ranking one-way commute

	Place	one-way commute
1	Columbia, South Carolina	17.7 min
2	Syracuse, New York	18 min
3	Asheville, North Carolina	18.2 min
4	Wichita, Kansasbig city	18.4 min
5	Provo, Utah	18.4 min
6	Little Rock, Arkansas	18.5 min
7	Chattanooga, Tennessee	18.5 min
8	Fayetteville, Arkansas	18.5 min
9	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	18.9 min
10	Boise, Idaho	18.9 min
11	Greenville, SC	19 min
12	Grand Rapids, Michigan	19 min
13	Rochester, New York	19.3 min
14	Portland, Maine	19.4 min
15	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	19.4 min
16	Des Moines, Iowa	19.5 min
17	Salt Lake City, Utah	19.5 min
18	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	19.6 min
19	Huntsville, AL	19.7 min
20	Toledo, Ohiobig city	19.8 min
21	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	19.9 min
22	Jackson, Mississippi	19.9 min
23	Albany, New York	20 min
24	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	20.1 min
25	Knoxville, Tennessee	20.2 min
26	Reno, Nevadabig city	20.3 min
27	Dayton, Ohio	20.3 min
28	Spokane, Washington	20.6 min
29	Sarasota, Florida	20.7 min
30	Savannah, Georgia	20.7 min
31	Birmingham, Alabama	20.8 min
32	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	21 min
33	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	21.1 min
34	Daytona Beach, Florida	21.4 min
35	New Haven, Connecticut	21.5 min
36	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	21.5 min
37	Columbus, Ohiobig city	21.5 min
38	Richmond, Virginia	21.7 min
39	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	21.7 min
40	Kansas City, Missouribig city	21.7 min
41	Tucson, Arizonabig city	21.9 min
42	McAllen, Texas	21.9 min
43	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	21.9 min
44	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	22 min
45	St. Louis, Missouribig city	22.1 min
46	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	22.2 min
47	Akron, Ohio	22.2 min
48	Durham, North Carolinabig city	22.3 min
49	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	22.4 min
50	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	22.4 min
51	Fresno, Californiabig city	22.4 min
52	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	22.4 min
53	Ogden, Utah	22.5 min
54	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	22.5 min
55	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	22.5 min
56	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	22.6 min
57	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	22.7 min
58	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	22.7 min
59	Melbourne, Florida	22.8 min
60	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	23 min
61	Lakeland, Florida	23.1 min
62	Hartford, Connecticut	23.1 min
63	Vancouver, Washington	23.2 min
64	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	23.4 min
65	El Paso, Texasbig city	23.4 min
66	San Diego, Californiabig city	23.5 min
67	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	23.6 min
68	Austin, Texasbig city	23.7 min
69	Poughkeepsie, New York	23.8 min
70	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	24.1 min
71	Portland, Oregonbig city	24.1 min
72	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	24.1 min
73	Worcester, Massachusetts	24.1 min
74	Charleston, South Carolina	24.2 min
75	San Antonio, Texasbig city	24.5 min
76	Allentown, Pennsylvania	24.6 min
77	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	24.6 min
78	Charlotte, NCbig city	24.7 min
79	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	24.7 min
80	Detroit, Michiganbig city	24.8 min
81	Tampa, Floridabig city	24.8 min
82	Denver, Coloradobig city	24.9 min
83	Providence, Rhode Island	25 min
84	Sacramento, Californiabig city	25.3 min
85	Oxnard, California	25.3 min
86	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	25.6 min
87	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	25.7 min
88	Dallas, Texasbig city	25.7 min
89	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	26 min
90	Orlando, Floridabig city	26.2 min
91	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	26.5 min
92	Houston, Texasbig city	27.2 min
93	Miami, Floridabig city	27.3 min
94	San Jose, Californiabig city	27.3 min
95	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	29.1 min
96	Cape Coral, Florida	29.9 min
97	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	30 min
98	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	30.3 min
99	San Francisco, Californiabig city	30.4 min
100	Bridgeport, Connecticut	30.5 min
101	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	30.7 min
102	Riverside, Californiabig city	31.3 min
103	Stockton, Californiabig city	31.7 min
104	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	31.7 min
105	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	33.1 min
106	New York, New Yorkbig city	40.3 min

Sources and method

American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, tables B08013 and B08303 (via tape_readings) · 2020-2024

How we got this. Commute time comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/acs-more.ts reads from the Census Bureau's ACS 5-year table-based Summary File: aggregate travel time to work (table B08013) divided by the workers who did not work from home (B08303), the mean one-way commute in minutes. Cities and states each rank on their own list, shortest first. Places tied at the same tenth of a minute share a rank. The US Virgin Islands has no ACS coverage. It refreshes annual.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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