Which metro area has the highest average commute?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks #1 with 29.1 (1990 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by average commute?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Española, NM, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA, Pahrump, NV.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

918 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 1990 ACS 5-year data.

How is average commute measured?

Mean travel time to work, one way, in minutes. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (1990).

RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 418 SHOWN OF 918

Longest commutes, US metro areas · 1990

US metro areas ranked by mean travel time to work (2023 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAVERAGE COMMUTEVS 2000

501Moultrie, GAGA47,43818.8+23%

502Johnson City, TNTN216,41618.8+37%

503Seneca, SCSC83,77518.8+23%

504Syracuse, NYNY652,27318.7+44%

505Morehead City, NCNC70,46918.7+20%

506Joplin, MOMO208,79618.7+49%

507Michigan City, ININ111,29418.7+23%

508Bay City, MIMI102,12318.7+34%

509Sanford, NCNC70,25818.7+7%

510Fort Smith, ARAR234,14018.7+32%

511North Port, FLFL948,15818.7+29%

512Elkins, WVWV26,88218.7+14%

513Durham, NCNC625,48518.7+27%

514Providence, RIRI1,708,16118.7+16%

515Lynchburg, VAVA269,16918.7+25%

516Salinas, CACA433,72918.7+17%

517Sunbury, PAPA107,78818.7+22%

518Russellville, ARAR84,93218.7+33%

519Kennett, MOMO26,85518.6+24%

520Peru, ININ34,48718.6+28%

521Jesup, GAGA32,48118.6−1%

522Provo, UTUT773,42618.6+42%

523Lawrence, KSKS120,92018.6+37%

524Cambridge, MDMD33,62818.6+9%

525Fallon, NVNV25,85118.6+10%

526Bangor, MEME157,96718.6+31%

527Macon-Bibb County, GAGA238,55318.6+21%

528Paducah, KYKY102,25918.6+41%

529Reading, PAPA440,07218.6+24%

530Elizabeth City, NCNC42,20118.6+3%

531Gillette, WYWY48,14518.6+24%

532Vineland, NJNJ157,14818.6+13%

533Yankton, SDSD23,63518.6+71%

534Pinehurst, NCNC110,61918.6+22%

535Bloomsburg, PAPA66,19318.6+33%

536Dayton, OHOH826,55418.5+43%

537Arkadelphia, ARAR20,93818.5+30%

538Crawfordsville, ININ38,95418.5+23%

539Bakersfield, CACA927,06818.5+18%

540Tyler, TXTX252,54918.5+31%

541Montgomery, ALAL388,74718.5+26%

542Ames, IAIA128,09018.5+51%

543Gadsden, ALAL103,88618.5+13%

544Minot, NDND75,69418.5+66%

545Watertown, NYNY111,54018.5+47%

546Winston-Salem, NCNC712,20618.5+28%

547Moberly, MOMO24,51318.5+21%

548Salisbury, MDMD131,87218.5+28%

549Las Vegas, NVNV2,407,22618.5+24%

550Van Wert, OHOH29,01318.4+41%

551Columbia, MOMO219,06218.4+48%

552Marinette, WIWI65,51518.4+28%

553Port Angeles, WAWA78,20218.4+21%

554Wichita, KSKS663,80918.4+56%

555Nacogdoches, TXTX66,03518.4+39%

556Lewisburg, TNTN38,07118.4−3%

557Palestine, TXTX59,80518.4+17%

558Quincy, ILIL74,14618.4+57%

559Moses Lake, WAWA105,72718.4+50%

560Blacksburg, VAVA181,61618.4+26%

561Canton, OHOH400,24618.4+29%

562Astoria, OROR40,92618.4+34%

563Aberdeen, SDSD41,58318.4+87%

564Lexington, KYKY535,17418.4+38%

565Tuscaloosa, ALAL281,85018.4+15%

566Bozeman, MTMT128,74018.4+59%

567McAlester, OKOK43,32018.4+31%

568Hattiesburg, MSMS158,01418.4+17%

569Muscatine, IAIA41,85318.4+54%

570Lumberton, NCNC119,94118.4+2%

571Roanoke, VAVA316,54718.3+31%

572Janesville, WIWI166,47218.3+35%

573Buffalo, NYNY1,155,65318.3+41%

574Lake Charles, LALA244,65518.3+29%

575Marion, OHOH65,11518.3+22%

576Kerrville, TXTX54,03718.3+43%

577Crestview, FLFL315,09818.3+12%

578Shreveport, LALA383,47418.3+34%

579Jamestown, NDND21,41418.3+73%

580Stevens Point, WIWI71,94318.3+52%

581Appleton, WIWI249,87618.3+59%

582Eureka, CACA131,64718.3+50%

583Peoria, ILIL363,50518.3+44%

584Paris, TXTX63,31918.3+22%

585Wenatchee, WAWA128,41418.3+46%

586Corpus Christi, TXTX451,19118.3+40%

587Sandusky, OHOH112,77718.3+35%

588Frankfort, KYKY77,87418.3+31%

589Alamogordo, NMNM70,36818.3+27%

590Cody, WYWY31,17118.3+38%

591Midland, MIMI83,75418.3+33%

592Twin Falls, IDID123,90118.2+53%

593South Bend, ININ324,53818.2+39%

594Marshalltown, IAIA39,89018.2+45%

595St. Simons, GAGA118,52418.2+19%

596Jacksonville, NCNC217,17518.2+26%

597Santa Maria, CACA442,06518.2+35%

598Ithaca, NYNY104,04718.2+60%

599Texarkana, TXTX146,81618.2+36%

600Alexander City, ALAL40,95318.2+3%

601Punta Gorda, FLFL217,21218.2+13%

602Dublin, GAGA60,35118.2+11%

603New Philadelphia, OHOH92,37318.2+23%

604Wapakoneta, OHOH45,90918.2+49%

605Bainbridge, GAGA29,43218.1+12%

606Dubuque, IAIA99,38118.1+75%

607Cumberland, MDMD93,64018.1+9%

608Billings, MTMT193,60318.1+47%

609Vineyard Haven, MAMA21,21918.1+65%

610Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,07618.1+27%

611New Bern, NCNC127,35818.1+18%

612Grand Junction, COCO162,84518.1+54%

613Beaumont, TXTX399,31018.1+29%

614Sheridan, WYWY33,24118.1+44%

615Hermiston, OROR93,72118.1+44%

616Columbus, MSMS67,14418.1+27%

617Duluth, MNMN281,21918.1+39%

618Safford, AZAZ40,15718.1−4%

619Logansport, ININ37,83618.0+29%

620Henderson, KYKY57,18418.0+28%

621Rolla, MOMO45,24718.0+35%

622Weirton, WVWV112,46818.0+19%

623Mount Vernon, ILIL36,14718.0+31%

624Woodward, OKOK19,82718.0+30%

625Bend, OROR266,37618.0+41%

626Norwalk, OHOH58,25018.0+30%

627Springfield, MAMA464,33818.0+28%

628Mount Pleasant, MIMI64,69118.0+39%

629Owensboro, KYKY113,96218.0+29%

630Huntsville, TXTX83,84217.9+13%

631Rio Grande City, TXTX66,31917.9+12%

632Enterprise, ALAL56,95317.9+29%

633Davenport, IAIA380,45217.9+47%

634Niles, MIMI152,44417.9+37%

635Fort Morgan, COCO30,30617.9+27%

636Mankato, MNMN104,90717.9+56%

637Sterling, ILIL54,12117.9+38%

638Monroe, LALA222,39017.9+23%

639Redding, CACA181,64817.9+34%

640Thomasville, GAGA72,95817.9+23%

641Fayetteville, NCNC395,41217.9+27%

642Martin, TNTN33,26117.9+31%

643State College, PAPA157,39317.9+41%

644Calhoun, GAGA61,70117.9+16%

645Danville, VAVA101,13717.9+19%

646Pine Bluff, ARAR70,21117.9+18%

647Yakima, WAWA259,18517.8+41%

648Saginaw, MIMI187,68817.8+27%

649Warsaw, ININ80,89217.8+33%

650Merced, CACA297,26017.8−5%

651Hanford, CACA154,32717.8+22%

652Warren, PAPA37,03817.8+37%

653Shelby, NCNC103,32517.8+12%

654Fremont, OHOH58,65517.8+34%

655Mountain Home, IDID29,46517.8+21%

656Waterloo, IAIA169,18917.8+64%

657Bucyrus, OHOH41,89617.8+33%

658Rome, GAGA101,37817.8+12%

659Madisonville, KYKY45,12717.8+15%

660Centralia, ILIL36,38217.8+30%

661Kirksville, MOMO29,82417.8+52%

662Danville, ILIL71,25917.8+30%

663McAllen, TXTX921,54917.8+33%

664Racine, WIWI198,91917.8+19%

665Grenada, MSMS30,22217.8+16%

666Ottumwa, IAIA35,21017.8+32%

667Forest City, NCNC65,74517.7+19%

668Myrtle Beach, SCSC427,55117.7+11%

669Owatonna, MNMN37,46417.7+44%

670Poplar Bluff, MOMO41,90417.7+38%

671Johnstown, PAPA128,96817.7+20%

672Greensboro, NCNC805,94517.7+24%

673Moscow, IDID41,84217.7+38%

674Dothan, ALAL156,26617.7+24%

675Connersville, ININ23,53317.7+8%

676Longview, WAWA114,88517.7+18%

677Corinth, MSMS34,56917.7+27%

678Lafayette, ININ228,46817.7+43%

679Cornelia, GAGA50,41617.7+8%

680Muskegon, MIMI177,90117.7+31%

681Utica, NYNY285,61117.7+30%

682Hermitage, PAPA107,86017.7+32%

683Athens, GAGA224,14817.6+21%

684The Dalles, OROR26,31017.6+31%

685Corvallis, OROR97,72817.6+43%

686Payson, AZAZ53,80117.6+19%

687Youngstown, OHOH423,67817.6+28%

688Pittsfield, MAMA128,22417.6+34%

689La Grande, OROR25,90017.6+53%

690Toledo, OHOH599,37617.6+37%

691Statesboro, GAGA97,97717.6+6%

692Waco, TXTX308,80717.5+29%

693Douglas, GAGA52,86117.5+28%

694Columbus, GAGA324,83017.5+27%

695Rockford, ILIL337,24217.5+23%

696Grand Forks, NDND105,04617.5+61%

697Batesville, ARAR38,78517.5+28%

698Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,10217.5+26%

699Springfield, ILIL206,03317.5+45%

700Grand Island, NENE78,07617.5+53%

701Jackson, TNTN184,56917.5+28%

702Williston, NDND41,76717.5+45%

703Brookings, SDSD37,63517.4+59%

704Waycross, GAGA57,67017.4+16%

705Meridian, MSMS85,41917.4+19%

706Vicksburg, MSMS41,75917.4+26%

707Morgan City, LALA46,55217.4+28%

708Defiance, OHOH38,29217.4+35%

709Hastings, NENE40,57717.4+46%

710Oil City, PAPA49,34617.4+23%

711Muncie, ININ113,10617.4+27%

712Ada, OKOK38,52817.4+38%

713Florence, SCSC201,39217.4+13%

714Ludington, MIMI29,04017.4+37%

715Greenville, SCSC1,014,10117.4+20%

716Vincennes, ININ35,65217.4+31%

717Burlington, IAIA44,06117.3+46%

718Burlington, NCNC186,17717.3+22%

719Parkersburg, WVWV87,26417.3+33%

720Watertown, SDSD29,56217.3+69%

721Franklin, KYKY20,78817.3+19%

722Macomb, ILIL25,91617.3+49%

723Emporia, KSKS34,83817.3+40%

724Sikeston, MOMO49,97817.3+33%

725Tupelo, MSMS133,16717.3+25%

726Battle Creek, MIMI133,40817.2+33%

727Greenwood, MSMS34,91217.2+22%

728Sidney, OHOH48,06517.2+47%

729Kinston, NCNC55,83717.2+10%

730Troy, ALAL33,68817.2+5%

731Beeville, TXTX32,51517.2−6%

732Bishop, CACA18,15817.2+43%

733Reno, NVNV578,73417.2+35%

734Burley, IDID49,30817.2+44%

735Oxford, ALAL115,83417.2+12%

736Evansville, ININ273,78617.2+34%

737Galesburg, ILIL47,76717.2+31%

738Sebastian, FLFL172,79917.1+34%

739Brownsville, TXTX433,94617.1+30%

740Binghamton, NYNY243,18917.1+36%

741Pittsburg, KSKS39,00817.1+42%

742Spartanburg, SCSC407,65617.1+18%

743Thomaston, GAGA28,50017.1−5%

744Panama City, FLFL231,17417.1+17%

745Jasper, ININ44,01617.1+41%

746Marion, ININ66,52417.1+25%

747Auburn, ALAL208,01317.0+24%

748College Station, TXTX287,47617.0+35%

749Othello, WAWA21,48817.0+25%

750Elkhart, ININ208,77417.0+48%

751Ketchikan, AKAK13,54917.0+73%

752Kearney, NENE57,96217.0+49%

753Kalamazoo, MIMI263,79517.0+35%

754Gaffney, SCSC58,27517.0+12%

755Huron, SDSD19,62416.9+51%

756Ozark, ALAL49,91216.9+27%

757Scranton, PAPA574,41816.9+25%

758Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,06016.9+46%

759Port Lavaca, TXTX19,59916.9+27%

760Helena, MTMT97,15316.9+41%

761Mason City, IAIA49,71016.9+55%

762Lincoln, NENE352,08116.9+49%

763Richmond, ININ66,16916.9+33%

764Klamath Falls, OROR70,27416.9+45%

765Champaign, ILIL239,97916.9+47%

766Bismarck, NDND139,75016.9+52%

767Camden, ARAR26,36316.9+10%

768Mansfield, OHOH124,89316.9+27%

769Price, UTUT20,68016.9+30%

770Spearfish, SDSD29,45916.8+23%

771Bloomington, ILIL171,41916.8+49%

772Nogales, AZAZ50,02016.8+21%

773Duncan, OKOK44,31016.8+14%

774Laredo, TXTX281,22416.8+23%

775Rocky Mount, NCNC148,48616.8+16%

776Sioux City, IAIA145,73816.8+52%

777Weatherford, OKOK39,05916.8+26%

778Key West, FLFL80,40616.8+23%

779Vidalia, GAGA36,18016.8+7%

780Hutchinson, KSKS61,53916.8+38%

781Dalton, GAGA147,81916.8+26%

782Juneau city and, AKAK31,60916.7+59%

783Columbus, ININ85,72916.7+29%

784LaGrange, GAGA107,09716.7+18%

785Missoula, MTMT128,69816.7+45%

786El Centro, CACA181,41116.7+24%

787Guymon, OKOK20,32216.7+36%

788Hickory, NCNC376,89016.7+25%

789Fort Madison, IAIA32,30616.7+44%

790Paragould, ARAR47,41116.6+28%

791Bradford, PAPA38,98416.6+19%

792Williamsport, PAPA112,58716.6+34%

793Amarillo, TXTX276,23516.6+41%

794St. George, UTUT213,67016.6+44%

795Union City, TNTN30,06716.6+36%

796Toccoa, GAGA27,85416.6+15%

797Fairbanks, AKAK93,97216.6+52%

798Killeen, TXTX511,49716.6+14%

799Lexington, NENE26,25516.5+50%

800Alpena, MIMI28,85316.5+43%

801Escanaba, MIMI36,58216.5+27%

802Odessa, TXTX173,80116.5+38%

803Pullman, WAWA48,51216.5+49%

804Plattsburgh, NYNY78,13816.5+19%

805Crescent City, CACA26,41016.5+52%

806Greenwood, SCSC95,21516.5+14%

807Findlay, OHOH75,03416.5+40%

808Silver City, NMNM27,25216.4+25%

809Town of Pecos, TXTX12,13816.4+12%

810Houghton, MIMI40,02816.4+52%

811Pierre, SDSD20,58816.4+71%

812Starkville, MSMS62,06316.4+21%

813Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,44216.4+24%

814Nantucket, MAMA14,75816.4+96%

815Manhattan, KSKS136,12216.4+40%

816McPherson, KSKS30,06416.4+52%

817Sebring, FLFL111,12216.4+9%

818Greenville, NCNC182,93616.4+21%

819Jamestown, NYNY124,12616.3+28%

820Pocatello, IDID91,59116.3+34%

821Lima, OHOH100,88116.3+37%

822Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI36,08116.3+29%

823Ardmore, OKOK48,91016.3+2%

824Carbondale, ILIL52,50116.2+30%

825Fargo, NDND269,52816.2+51%

826Selma, ALAL35,14016.2+4%

827Erie, PAPA265,83216.2+40%

828Murray, KYKY39,42116.2+24%

829Oxford, MSMS71,97216.2+7%

830Fort Dodge, IAIA36,83816.2+44%

831Altoona, PAPA119,54116.2+24%

832Carson, NVNV58,57116.2+26%

833Elmira, NYNY80,41516.1+30%

834Goldsboro, NCNC122,27816.1+11%

835Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,33216.1+10%

836Pueblo, COCO169,27716.0+15%

837Warner Robins, GAGA208,09116.0+21%

838Jonesboro, ARAR139,44016.0+18%

839Martinsville, VAVA63,09116.0+14%

840Wichita Falls, TXTX149,44815.9+38%

841Albany, GAGA145,51015.9+25%

842Lubbock, TXTX368,43115.9+39%

843Magnolia, ARAR21,89415.9+21%

844El Dorado, ARAR36,92615.9+31%

845Lawton, OKOK127,59015.9+37%

846Hobbs, NMNM74,74915.8+16%

847Rockingham, NCNC42,04115.8+5%

848Valdosta, GAGA153,27615.7+22%

849Scottsbluff, NENE36,27215.7+45%

850Charleston, ILIL46,60715.7+33%

851Abilene, TXTX185,42915.7+38%

852Sheboygan, WIWI118,04715.7+37%

853Flagstaff, AZAZ144,36815.7+18%

854Yuma, AZAZ224,44915.7+26%

855Wilson, NCNC81,15015.6+11%

856Lewiston, IDID65,45015.6+40%

857North Platte, NENE33,97215.6+39%

858Decatur, ILIL99,30015.6+30%

859Americus, GAGA33,39415.6+13%

860Midland, TXTX193,13915.6+30%

861Bartlesville, OKOK54,03715.5+3%

862Milledgeville, GAGA44,02915.5+18%

863Stillwater, OKOK83,88915.5+22%

864Lufkin, TXTX88,15415.5+24%

865Sumter, SCSC105,06715.4+6%

866Salina, KSKS59,12115.4+42%

867Plainview, TXTX36,70015.4+30%

868Oshkosh, WIWI174,21815.4+34%

869Ruston, LALA48,36015.4+16%

870Garden City, KSKS37,50515.4+46%

871Enid, OKOK61,77915.2+30%

872Clovis, NMNM65,27015.2+31%

873Great Falls, MTMT85,02915.2+44%

874Casper, WYWY80,52615.2+38%

875Marquette, MIMI68,06415.2+25%

876Kokomo, ININ83,90415.1+23%

877Cedar City, UTUT67,14115.1+25%

878Henderson, NCNC42,63815.1−6%

879Walla Walla, WAWA62,36115.1+33%

880Brownwood, TXTX38,71115.1+17%

881Hereford, TXTX18,62615.0+1%

882Tifton, GAGA51,23715.0+18%

883San Angelo, TXTX122,06514.9+29%

884Uvalde, TXTX24,96314.9+6%

885Great Bend, KSKS24,79014.9+23%

886Laurinburg, NCNC33,32214.9+6%

887Pampa, TXTX21,78614.8+10%

888Roswell, NMNM63,36414.8+27%

889Butte-Silver Bow, MTMT36,11814.8+38%

890Hinesville, GAGA91,87014.8−7%

891Kingsville, TXTX30,31514.8+5%

892Iron Mountain, MIMI30,57514.8+28%

893Hays, KSKS29,07514.7+38%

894Dyersburg, TNTN36,32014.6+12%

895Snyder, TXTX16,16214.6+16%

896Cleveland, MSMS28,26214.6+8%

897Borger, TXTX19,63314.5−4%

898St. Marys, PAPA29,92614.4+29%

899Clarksdale, MSMS19,84914.4−22%

900Los Alamos, NMNM19,40714.3+52%

901Ponca City, OKOK43,49014.3+24%

902Elk City, OKOK22,15914.3+4%

903Fitzgerald, GAGA17,09914.3+14%

904Sweetwater, TXTX14,11714.2+13%

905Cheyenne, WYWY102,93814.2+27%

906Vernon, TXTX12,48114.1+41%

907Del Rio, TXTX47,83514.0+18%

908Greenville, MSMS40,44614.0+23%

909Eagle Pass, TXTX58,82314.0+4%

910Blytheville, ARAR37,82814.0+5%

911Cordele, GAGA19,23714.0+8%

912Dumas, TXTX21,89113.9+6%

913Andrews, TXTX18,91413.7−22%

914Laramie, WYWY38,55813.7+23%

915Dodge City, KSKS33,99313.4+24%

916Altus, OKOK24,76413.3+25%

917Big Spring, TXTX30,50412.8+2%

918Liberal, KSKS21,07310.9−6%

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