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Mean travel time to work

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.

Rankings

US states by mean travel time to work, 2024

Top 15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

New YorkNew York: 32.6 minutes32.6MarylandMaryland: 31.1 minutes31.1New JerseyNew Jersey: 30.5 minutes30.5District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia: 30 minutes30MassachusettsMassachusetts: 29.1 minutes29.1CaliforniaCalifornia: 28.7 minutes28.7GeorgiaGeorgia: 28.3 minutes28.3FloridaFlorida: 28 minutes28IllinoisIllinois: 27.8 minutes27.8VirginiaVirginia: 27.3 minutes27.3New HampshireNew Hampshire: 26.7 minutes26.7TexasTexas: 26.7 minutes26.7WashingtonWashington: 26.6 minutes26.6West VirginiaWest Virginia: 26.6 minutes26.6ConnecticutConnecticut: 26.5 minutes26.5

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