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Cities in New York by mean travel time to work

Scarsdale, NY had the highest mean travel time to work of 89 cities in 2021, at 43.2 minutes. Oneonta, NY had the lowest, at 13.4 minutes. The median was 25 minutes and the figure for New York was 33.3 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest43.2Scarsdale, NY
Lowest13.4Oneonta, NY
Median2589 cities
New York33.3History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Scarsdale, NY: 43.2 minutesScarsdale, NY43.2Valley Stream, NY: 42.7 minutesValley Stream, NY42.7Long Beach, NY: 42.3 minutesLong Beach, NY42.3Woodbury, NY: 41.6 minutesWoodbury, NY41.6New York, NY: 41.4 minutesNew York, NY41.4Beacon, NY: 40 minutesBeacon, NY40Rockville Centre, NY: 39.8 minutesRockville Centre, NY39.8Rye, NY: 39.1 minutesRye, NY39.1Great Neck, NY: 38.5 minutesGreat Neck, NY38.5Lake Grove, NY: 38 minutesLake Grove, NY38Peekskill, NY: 37.8 minutesPeekskill, NY37.8New Hyde Park, NY: 37.5 minutesNew Hyde Park, NY37.5Floral Park, NY: 37.2 minutesFloral Park, NY37.2Lynbrook, NY: 36.9 minutesLynbrook, NY36.9Mount Vernon, NY: 36.5 minutesMount Vernon, NY36.5Babylon, NY: 35.1 minutesBabylon, NY35.1Ossining, NY: 34.5 minutesOssining, NY34.5Yonkers, NY: 34.3 minutesYonkers, NY34.3Chestnut Ridge, NY: 34.1 minutesChestnut Ridge, NY34.1Lindenhurst, NY: 34.1 minutesLindenhurst, NY34.1Massapequa Park, NY: 34.1 minutesMassapequa Park, NY34.1Dobbs Ferry, NY: 33.9 minutesDobbs Ferry, NY33.9Garden City, NY: 33.9 minutesGarden City, NY33.9Westbury, NY: 33.2 minutesWestbury, NY33.2Freeport, NY: 33.1 minutesFreeport, NY33.1East Rockaway, NY: 32.8 minutesEast Rockaway, NY32.8Suffern, NY: 32.6 minutesSuffern, NY32.6Hempstead, NY: 32.4 minutesHempstead, NY32.4Patchogue, NY: 32.3 minutesPatchogue, NY32.3West Haverstraw, NY: 32.2 minutesWest Haverstraw, NY32.2New Rochelle, NY: 32.1 minutesNew Rochelle, NY32.1Mineola, NY: 31.7 minutesMineola, NY31.7Sleepy Hollow, NY: 31.3 minutesSleepy Hollow, NY31.3Tarrytown, NY: 31.2 minutesTarrytown, NY31.2Harrison, NY: 30.9 minutesHarrison, NY30.9Middletown, NY: 30.8 minutesMiddletown, NY30.8Mamaroneck, NY: 29.8 minutesMamaroneck, NY29.8Airmont, NY: 29.4 minutesAirmont, NY29.4Glen Cove, NY: 28.9 minutesGlen Cove, NY28.9Mount Kisco, NY: 28.8 minutesMount Kisco, NY28.8Scarsdale, NY: 43.2 minutesScarsdale, NY43.2Valley Stream, NY: 42.7 minutesValley Stream, NY42.7Long Beach, NY: 42.3 minutesLong Beach, NY42.3Woodbury, NY: 41.6 minutesWoodbury, NY41.6New York, NY: 41.4 minutesNew York, NY41.4Beacon, NY: 40 minutesBeacon, NY40Rockville Centre, NY: 39.8 minutesRockville Centre, NY39.8Rye, NY: 39.1 minutesRye, NY39.1Great Neck, NY: 38.5 minutesGreat Neck, NY38.5Lake Grove, NY: 38 minutesLake Grove, NY38Peekskill, NY: 37.8 minutesPeekskill, NY37.8New Hyde Park, NY: 37.5 minutesNew Hyde Park, NY37.5Floral Park, NY: 37.2 minutesFloral Park, NY37.2Lynbrook, NY: 36.9 minutesLynbrook, NY36.9Mount Vernon, NY: 36.5 minutesMount Vernon, NY36.5Babylon, NY: 35.1 minutesBabylon, NY35.1Ossining, NY: 34.5 minutesOssining, NY34.5Yonkers, NY: 34.3 minutesYonkers, NY34.3Chestnut Ridge, NY: 34.1 minutesChestnut Ridge, NY34.1Lindenhurst, NY: 34.1 minutesLindenhurst, NY34.1Massapequa Park, NY: 34.1 minutesMassapequa Park, NY34.1Dobbs Ferry, NY: 33.9 minutesDobbs Ferry, NY33.9Garden City, NY: 33.9 minutesGarden City, NY33.9Westbury, NY: 33.2 minutesWestbury, NY33.2Freeport, NY: 33.1 minutesFreeport, NY33.1East Rockaway, NY: 32.8 minutesEast Rockaway, NY32.8Suffern, NY: 32.6 minutesSuffern, NY32.6Hempstead, NY: 32.4 minutesHempstead, NY32.4Patchogue, NY: 32.3 minutesPatchogue, NY32.3West Haverstraw, NY: 32.2 minutesWest Haverstraw, NY32.2New Rochelle, NY: 32.1 minutesNew Rochelle, NY32.1Mineola, NY: 31.7 minutesMineola, NY31.7Sleepy Hollow, NY: 31.3 minutesSleepy Hollow, NY31.3Tarrytown, NY: 31.2 minutesTarrytown, NY31.2Harrison, NY: 30.9 minutesHarrison, NY30.9Middletown, NY: 30.8 minutesMiddletown, NY30.8Mamaroneck, NY: 29.8 minutesMamaroneck, NY29.8Airmont, NY: 29.4 minutesAirmont, NY29.4Glen Cove, NY: 28.9 minutesGlen Cove, NY28.9Mount Kisco, NY: 28.8 minutesMount Kisco, NY28.8
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
minutes
1Scarsdale, NY Estimated43.2
2Valley Stream, NY Estimated42.7
3Long Beach, NY Estimated42.3
4Woodbury, NY Estimated41.6
5New York, NY Estimated41.4
6Beacon, NY Estimated40
7Rockville Centre, NY Estimated39.8
8Rye, NY Estimated39.1
9Great Neck, NY Estimated38.5
10Lake Grove, NY Estimated38
11Peekskill, NY Estimated37.8
12New Hyde Park, NY Estimated37.5
13Floral Park, NY Estimated37.2
14Lynbrook, NY Estimated36.9
15Mount Vernon, NY Estimated36.5
16Babylon, NY Estimated35.1
17Ossining, NY Estimated34.5
18Yonkers, NY Estimated34.3
19Chestnut Ridge, NY Estimated34.1
19Lindenhurst, NY Estimated34.1
19Massapequa Park, NY Estimated34.1
22Dobbs Ferry, NY Estimated33.9
22Garden City, NY Estimated33.9
24Westbury, NY Estimated33.2
25Freeport, NY Estimated33.1
26East Rockaway, NY Estimated32.8
27Suffern, NY Estimated32.6
28Hempstead, NY Estimated32.4
29Patchogue, NY Estimated32.3
30West Haverstraw, NY Estimated32.2
31New Rochelle, NY Estimated32.1
32Mineola, NY Estimated31.7
33Sleepy Hollow, NY Estimated31.3
34Tarrytown, NY Estimated31.2
35Harrison, NY Estimated30.9
36Middletown, NY Estimated30.8
37Mamaroneck, NY Estimated29.8
38Airmont, NY Estimated29.4
39Glen Cove, NY Estimated28.9
40Mount Kisco, NY Estimated28.8
41Haverstraw, NY Estimated28.4
42White Plains, NY Estimated27.8
43Spring Valley, NY Estimated25.9
44Port Chester, NY Estimated25.6
45Saratoga Springs, NY Estimated25
46Poughkeepsie, NY Estimated24.8
47Newburgh, NY Estimated24.5
48Cohoes, NY Estimated23.9
49Kingston, NY Estimated23.7
49Lockport, NY Estimated23.7
51Gloversville, NY Estimated23.5
52Kiryas Joel, NY Estimated22.7
53Batavia, NY Estimated22.4
54Schenectady, NY Estimated21.8
55Lackawanna, NY Estimated21.7
56Oneida, NY Estimated21.5
57Amsterdam, NY Estimated20.9
58Troy, NY Estimated20.7
59North Tonawanda, NY Estimated20.4
60Canandaigua, NY Estimated20.2
60Tonawanda, NY Estimated20.2
62Buffalo, NY Estimated19.9
63Fulton, NY Estimated19.7
63Glens Falls, NY Estimated19.7
63Watervliet, NY Estimated19.7
66Rochester, NY Estimated19.6
67Endicott, NY Estimated19.3
68Niagara Falls, NY Estimated18.9
68Rome, NY Estimated18.9
70Auburn, NY Estimated18.7
70Depew, NY Estimated18.7
72Kenmore, NY Estimated18.6
73Binghamton, NY Estimated18.4
74Albany, NY Estimated18.3
74Elmira, NY Estimated18.3
76Geneva, NY Estimated18.2
77Ithaca, NY Estimated18.1
78Syracuse, NY Estimated17.4
79Dunkirk, NY Estimated17.1
80Cortland, NY Estimated17
81Oswego, NY Estimated16.8
82Olean, NY Estimated16.5
82Utica, NY Estimated16.5
84Corning, NY Estimated16
85Johnson City, NY Estimated15.8
85Watertown, NY Estimated15.8
87Jamestown, NY Estimated15
88Plattsburgh, NY Estimated14.5
89Oneonta, NY Estimated13.4

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

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in New York by mean travel time to work, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New York by mean travel time to work, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/new-york-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in New York by mean travel time to work, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/new-york-cities?period=2021.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in New York by mean travel time to work, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/new-york-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

Scarsdale, NY, with 43.2 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Oneonta, NY, with 13.4 minutes in 2021.

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