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

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Columbia, South Carolina has the shortest commutes of the 105 US cities we rank, at 17.7 minutes one way (Census ACS, 2020-2024). Syracuse, New York is next, at 18 minutes one way.

By The Honest Local · 105 cities · every value links to its public source

17.7 minColumbia, South Carolina leads on the list, the lowest reading of 105 cities

Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina — **Columbia, South Carolina**, No. 1 of 105. 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. 4Provo, Utah18.4 minone-way commute
No. 4Wichita, Kansas18.4 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 105

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	Provo, Utah	18.4 min
4	Wichita, Kansasbig city	18.4 min
6	Chattanooga, Tennessee	18.5 min
6	Fayetteville, Arkansas	18.5 min
6	Little Rock, Arkansas	18.5 min
9	Boise, Idaho	18.9 min
9	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	18.9 min
11	Grand Rapids, Michigan	19 min
11	Greenville, South Carolina	19 min
13	Rochester, New York	19.3 min
14	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	19.4 min
14	Portland, Maine	19.4 min
16	Des Moines, Iowa	19.5 min
16	Salt Lake City, Utah	19.5 min
18	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	19.6 min
19	Huntsville, Alabama	19.7 min
20	Toledo, Ohiobig city	19.8 min
21	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	19.9 min
21	Jackson, Mississippi	19.9 min
23	Albany, New York	20 min
24	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	20.1 min
25	Knoxville, Tennessee	20.2 min
26	Dayton, Ohio	20.3 min
26	Reno, Nevadabig city	20.3 min
28	Spokane, Washington	20.6 min
29	Sarasota, Florida	20.7 min
29	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	Columbus, Ohiobig city	21.5 min
35	New Haven, Connecticut	21.5 min
35	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	21.5 min
38	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	21.7 min
38	Kansas City, Missouribig city	21.7 min
38	Richmond, Virginia	21.7 min
41	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	21.9 min
41	McAllen, Texas	21.9 min
41	Tucson, Arizonabig city	21.9 min
44	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	22 min
45	St. Louis, Missouribig city	22.1 min
46	Akron, Ohio	22.2 min
46	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	22.2 min
48	Durham, North Carolinabig city	22.3 min
49	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	22.4 min
49	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	22.4 min
49	Fresno, Californiabig city	22.4 min
49	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	22.4 min
53	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	22.5 min
53	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	22.5 min
53	Ogden, Utah	22.5 min
56	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	22.6 min
57	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	22.7 min
57	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	22.7 min
59	Melbourne, Florida	22.8 min
60	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	23 min
61	Hartford, Connecticut	23.1 min
61	Lakeland, Florida	23.1 min
63	Vancouver, Washington	23.2 min
64	El Paso, Texasbig city	23.4 min
64	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig 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
70	Portland, Oregonbig city	24.1 min
70	Worcester, Massachusetts	24.1 min
73	Charleston, South Carolina	24.2 min
74	San Antonio, Texasbig city	24.5 min
75	Allentown, Pennsylvania	24.6 min
75	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	24.6 min
77	Charlotte, North Carolinabig city	24.7 min
77	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	24.7 min
79	Detroit, Michiganbig city	24.8 min
79	Tampa, Floridabig city	24.8 min
81	Denver, Coloradobig city	24.9 min
82	Providence, Rhode Island	25 min
83	Oxnard, California	25.3 min
83	Sacramento, Californiabig city	25.3 min
85	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	25.6 min
86	Dallas, Texasbig city	25.7 min
86	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	25.7 min
88	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	26 min
89	Orlando, Floridabig city	26.2 min
90	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	26.5 min
91	Houston, Texasbig city	27.2 min
92	Miami, Floridabig city	27.3 min
92	San Jose, Californiabig city	27.3 min
94	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	29.1 min
95	Cape Coral, Florida	29.9 min
96	Washington, DCbig city	30 min
97	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	30.3 min
98	San Francisco, Californiabig city	30.4 min
99	Bridgeport, Connecticut	30.5 min
100	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	30.7 min
101	Riverside, Californiabig city	31.3 min
102	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	31.7 min
102	Stockton, Californiabig city	31.7 min
104	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	33.1 min
105	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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