These 10 Cities Have The Longest Commute Times
If you hate having to sit in traffic as you commute to work, then you need to stay away from several cities on the East Coast and some in California.
According to Business Insider, out of the 10 cities with the longest commute to work, six of them land along the East Coast, with the remaining four being in California. Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, commuters in East Stroudsburg, Pa., tend to take approximately 36.2 minutes to get to their work destination. And that’s only one way.
As one may expect, the New York City metro area ranks right behind the Pennsylvania city. Commuters traveling to work in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area should expect to spend just under 36 minutes (35.8) to get to their place of employment. Stockton, Calif., follows the NYC area, with people going to work will arrive there in 33.9 minutes.
Rounding out the remaining cities on the list are:
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., area at 32.6 minutes
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W. Va. at 32.3 minutes
Yuba City, Calif., comes in tied at the fifth spot with 32.3 minutes
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, N.Y. at 32.1 minutes
Vallejo, Calif. at 31.5 minutes
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, Ga. at 30.9 minutes
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. at 30.8 minutes
There are several other metropolitan areas where commuters have to travel around 30 minutes to get to work. Those places are Chicago, Ill., Naperville-Elgin, Ill., San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, Calif., Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Mass., and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas.
The city with the shortest commute time is Great Falls, Mont. People who travel to work in that city will get there in an average of 15.4 minutes. In the Lewiston, Idaho area, they can expect to arrive in 16 minutes, while commuters living in Manhattan, Kan., and Casper, Wyo., could get to their jobs in 16.2 minutes.
The article also pointed out that, according to a November 2023 Gallup poll, 27% of workers do their jobs remotely while 52% utilize the hybrid model of both remote and going into an office.
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