New York, New York Has the Longest Commutes of Any Big City in America (2026)

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New York, New York has the longest commutes of the 105 US cities we rank, at 40.3 minutes one way (Census ACS, 2020-2024). Chicago, Illinois is next, at 33.1 minutes one way.

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

40.3 minNew York, New York leads on the list, the highest reading of 105 cities

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The top five cities one-way commute

No. 1New York, New York40.3 minone-way commute
No. 2Chicago, Illinois33.1 minone-way commute
No. 3Philadelphia, Pennsylvania31.7 minone-way commute
No. 3Stockton, California31.7 minone-way commute
No. 5Riverside, California31.3 minone-way commute

Longest 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.

Longest Commutes by City, all 105

The full ranking one-way commute

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