Which metro area has the highest public transit to work?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks #1 with 24.6% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 metro areas by public transit to work?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Elko, NV, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, Winnemucca, NV, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

How many metro areas are in this ranking?

925 metro areas qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is public transit to work measured?

Share of workers using public transportation (excluding taxicab) as their primary commute mode. Source: ACS B08301. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 425 SHOWN OF 925

Most transit commuters, US metro areas

US metro areas ranked by the share of workers using public transportation to commute (2024 ACS).

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SAME RANKING BYCities Counties States ZIP codes

YEAR2010 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPUBLIC TRANSIT TO WORKVS 2010

501Weirton, WVWV112,4680.3%−60%

502Abilene, TXTX185,4290.3%−18%

503Knoxville, TNTN968,1370.3%−39%

504Faribault, MNMN69,9390.3%−68%

505Alexandria, MNMN40,1200.3%+33%

506Sedalia, MOMO44,2540.3%−11%

507Palatka, FLFL77,7340.3%+1484%

508Warren, PAPA37,0380.3%−32%

509Springfield, OHOH135,3400.3%−64%

510Goldsboro, NCNC122,2780.3%−38%

511Putnam, CTCT98,0960.3%–

512Hobbs, NMNM74,7490.3%–

513Gardnerville Ranchos, NVNV51,1540.3%−29%

514Bluefield, WVWV96,1380.3%−25%

515Brookings, OROR22,6210.3%+151%

516Rochelle, ILIL51,3990.3%−19%

517Seneca, SCSC83,7750.3%−16%

518Angola, ININ34,7990.3%+173%

519Killeen, TXTX511,4970.3%−4%

520Henderson, KYKY57,1840.3%−20%

521Battle Creek, MIMI133,4080.3%−11%

522Oklahoma City, OKOK1,512,8130.3%−43%

523Iron Mountain, MIMI30,5750.3%+398%

524Dalton, GAGA147,8190.3%+101%

525Adrian, MIMI97,7790.3%+27%

526Homosassa Springs, FLFL171,6660.3%−27%

527Salisbury, MDMD131,8720.3%−71%

528Huntington, WVWV365,9650.3%−59%

529Panama City, FLFL231,1740.3%−40%

530Morehead City, NCNC70,4690.3%−26%

531Valdosta, GAGA153,2760.3%−43%

532Auburn, NYNY74,3650.3%−78%

533Manhattan, KSKS136,1220.3%+281%

534Greenville, SCSC1,014,1010.3%−43%

535Massena, NYNY105,4880.3%+83%

536Coshocton, OHOH37,1880.3%−5%

537Cheyenne, WYWY102,9380.3%−60%

538Sheboygan, WIWI118,0470.3%−49%

539Gainesville, TXTX44,4610.3%−59%

540Staunton, VAVA129,6920.3%+2%

541Mexico, MOMO24,5280.3%+613%

542Topeka, KSKS233,0520.3%−68%

543Middlesborough, KYKY22,8290.3%−47%

544Williston, NDND41,7670.3%+14%

545Tulsa, OKOK1,069,2730.3%−47%

546Laurel, MSMS82,2810.3%−51%

547Dumas, TXTX21,8910.3%+182%

548La Grande, OROR25,9000.3%+27%

549Yakima, WAWA259,1850.3%−73%

550Ada, OKOK38,5280.3%+405%

551Fort Dodge, IAIA36,8380.3%+1%

552Niles, MIMI152,4440.3%−36%

553Kokomo, ININ83,9040.3%+27%

554Fayetteville, ARAR622,1770.3%−28%

555Boise City, IDID864,2430.3%−50%

556Lake Havasu City, AZAZ228,1020.3%−46%

557Amsterdam, NYNY50,0460.3%−70%

558Watertown, NYNY111,5400.3%−68%

559Gadsden, ALAL103,8860.3%+327%

560Keene, NHNH78,2690.3%−34%

561Douglas, GAGA52,8610.3%+7%

562Bay City, MIMI102,1230.3%−57%

563Hannibal, MOMO38,9690.3%−45%

564Natchez, MSMS54,7220.3%−10%

565Elk City, OKOK22,1590.2%+15%

566Alamogordo, NMNM70,3680.2%−36%

567Bend, OROR266,3760.2%−58%

568Klamath Falls, OROR70,2740.2%−72%

569Franklin, KYKY20,7880.2%–

570Petoskey, MIMI33,7750.2%+18%

571Midland, TXTX193,1390.2%−10%

572Astoria, OROR40,9260.2%−85%

573Sidney, OHOH48,0650.2%+26%

574Jackson, MIMI159,5520.2%−53%

575McAllen, TXTX921,5490.2%−31%

576Sevierville, TNTN101,3420.2%−58%

577Lewistown, PAPA46,1270.2%+1%

578Mount Vernon, OHOH64,0020.2%−32%

579Lake Charles, LALA244,6550.2%−35%

580Bainbridge, GAGA29,4320.2%−73%

581Garden City, KSKS37,5050.2%−23%

582Tifton, GAGA51,2370.2%−86%

583Sebring, FLFL111,1220.2%−88%

584Wausau, WIWI139,4320.2%−61%

585Greeley, COCO378,4260.2%−63%

586Hammond, LALA141,3460.2%−58%

587Montgomery, ALAL388,7470.2%−63%

588Oxford, ALAL115,8340.2%−31%

589Kearney, NENE57,9620.2%+3%

590Albertville, ALAL103,5370.2%+92%

591Concord, NHNH158,0780.2%−34%

592Wichita Falls, TXTX149,4480.2%−47%

593New Iberia, LALA66,8460.2%+44%

594Whitewater, WIWI106,1270.2%−62%

595Farmington, MOMO67,8090.2%−15%

596Wahpeton, NDND23,0190.2%+1176%

597Natchitoches, LALA36,0890.2%−48%

598Florence, SCSC201,3920.2%−49%

599Victoria, TXTX99,8640.2%−79%

600Jesup, GAGA32,4810.2%−50%

601Albemarle, NCNC68,8300.2%+329%

602Stevens Point, WIWI71,9430.2%−48%

603Salina, KSKS59,1210.2%+1%

604Lock Haven, PAPA37,8700.2%−26%

605Lufkin, TXTX88,1540.2%−49%

606Waycross, GAGA57,6700.2%–

607Tyler, TXTX252,5490.2%−50%

608McAlester, OKOK43,3200.2%+25%

609Selinsgrove, PAPA39,6550.2%+2%

610Texarkana, TXTX146,8160.2%−31%

611Cape Girardeau, MOMO99,2150.2%−31%

612Lake of the Woods, VAVA40,0830.2%−91%

613Odessa, TXTX173,8010.2%−52%

614Vidalia, GAGA36,1800.2%+61%

615Pinehurst, NCNC110,6190.2%+119%

616Elizabethtown, KYKY128,6660.2%+53%

617Menomonie, WIWI46,2230.2%+42%

618Jasper, ININ44,0160.2%–

619Augusta, MEME129,0670.2%+38%

620Warrensburg, MOMO56,6700.2%−65%

621Ottawa, ILIL145,9020.2%−42%

622Elkhart, ININ208,7740.2%−50%

623Richmond, ININ66,1690.2%−76%

624Fort Madison, IAIA32,3060.2%+135%

625St. Joseph, MOMO119,1700.2%−68%

626Crestview, FLFL315,0980.2%−49%

627Pella, IAIA34,1920.2%−69%

628Monroe, MIMI156,0040.2%−41%

629Martin, TNTN33,2610.2%−36%

630Coldwater, MIMI45,9930.2%−55%

631Tiffin, OHOH54,5220.2%−17%

632Durango, COCO56,8980.2%−81%

633Hillsdale, MIMI45,7380.2%−35%

634Lebanon, MOMO36,9430.2%+80%

635Fredericksburg, TXTX28,5270.2%–

636Decatur, ALAL160,3260.2%−10%

637Cornelia, GAGA50,4160.2%+30%

638Albany, OROR132,8430.2%−59%

639Crawfordsville, ININ38,9540.2%+307%

640Payson, AZAZ53,8010.2%+14%

641Rice Lake, WIWI46,4840.2%+74%

642Cookeville, TNTN152,4770.2%+62%

643LaGrange, GAGA107,0970.2%−17%

644Sunbury, PAPA107,7880.2%+68%

645Bogalusa, LALA44,9370.2%−72%

646Prescott Valley, AZAZ252,5520.2%+134%

647Sumter, SCSC105,0670.2%−64%

648Hermitage, PAPA107,8600.2%+7%

649Effingham, ILIL44,7270.2%−9%

650North Wilkesboro, NCNC66,2330.2%−42%

651Fort Leonard Wood, MOMO54,4420.2%−64%

652Wilson, NCNC81,1500.2%−69%

653Zanesville, OHOH87,0140.2%−43%

654Moberly, MOMO24,5130.2%−79%

655Ukiah, CACA88,1220.2%−65%

656Bellefontaine, OHOH46,3020.2%+42%

657Troy, ALAL33,6880.2%+483%

658Waterloo, IAIA169,1890.2%−60%

659Cullman, ALAL94,0090.2%+36%

660Centralia, ILIL36,3820.2%−72%

661Oskaloosa, IAIA21,8800.2%−50%

662DuBois, PAPA78,1000.2%−25%

663Gulfport, MSMS431,3290.2%−57%

664Florence, ALAL156,6090.2%+102%

665Thomasville, GAGA72,9580.2%−33%

666Salem, OHOH99,3770.2%−53%

667Joplin, MOMO208,7960.2%+18%

668Helena, MTMT97,1530.2%−21%

669Batavia, NYNY58,4160.2%−47%

670Lewisburg, PAPA42,3130.2%+187%

671Seneca Falls, NYNY32,8830.2%−74%

672Baker City, OROR16,6580.2%−11%

673Forrest City, ARAR21,8000.2%−21%

674Sparta, WIWI46,5720.2%−48%

675Pikeville, KYKY89,1220.2%−59%

676Hinesville, GAGA91,8700.2%−53%

677Wisconsin Rapids, WIWI74,0600.2%−56%

678Meridian, MSMS85,4190.2%−10%

679Laurinburg, NCNC33,3220.2%–

680Greenville, OHOH51,5200.2%−68%

681Gettysburg, PAPA107,5940.2%−53%

682Athens, TXTX88,5950.2%−37%

683Sturgis, MIMI60,9680.2%−39%

684Kingsport, TNTN314,8340.2%−25%

685Washington, ININ34,2090.2%+45%

686Wilmington, OHOH42,3010.2%−78%

687Jacksonville, NCNC217,1750.2%−50%

688Sayre, PAPA59,6000.2%−68%

689Auburn, ININ44,5350.2%+18%

690Ocala, FLFL442,6600.2%−19%

691Farmington, NMNM120,3400.2%+79%

692Fairmont, MNMN19,4400.2%−58%

693Sanford, NCNC70,2580.1%−48%

694Burlington, NCNC186,1770.1%−10%

695Clovis, NMNM65,2700.1%−31%

696Connersville, ININ23,5330.1%−55%

697Pontiac, ILIL35,0570.1%−52%

698Roswell, NMNM63,3640.1%−44%

699Montrose, COCO44,5910.1%−70%

700Fort Smith, ARAR234,1400.1%−49%

701Mineral Wells, TXTX30,7910.1%−31%

702Corsicana, TXTX57,1810.1%–

703Alma, MIMI41,1900.1%+1073%

704Punta Gorda, FLFL217,2120.1%−58%

705Carlsbad, NMNM62,5090.1%−85%

706Dothan, ALAL156,2660.1%−41%

707Chambersburg, PAPA160,6520.1%−55%

708Mayfield, KYKY37,0500.1%−75%

709Kalispell, MTMT115,4290.1%−65%

710Owosso, MIMI67,6810.1%−27%

711Duncan, OKOK44,3100.1%−25%

712Albert Lea, MNMN30,4400.1%−78%

713Plattsburgh, NYNY78,1380.1%−86%

714Kendallville, ININ47,9370.1%+2%

715Elkins, WVWV26,8820.1%−53%

716Huntsville, ALAL556,4440.1%−64%

717Muscatine, IAIA41,8530.1%−73%

718Red Bluff, CACA64,6650.1%−87%

719Spartanburg, SCSC407,6560.1%−61%

720Baraboo, WIWI66,6520.1%+49%

721Shawano, WIWI45,7590.1%−51%

722Murray, KYKY39,4210.1%+250%

723Bismarck, NDND139,7500.1%−63%

724Longview, TXTX297,3150.1%−4%

725Orangeburg, SCSC83,1770.1%−70%

726Mount Airy, NCNC72,2870.1%−80%

727Union City, TNTN30,0670.1%+10%

728Decatur, ININ36,6500.1%−10%

729Corbin, KYKY150,0400.1%−62%

730Cody, WYWY31,1710.1%–

731Ottawa, KSKS26,2990.1%−61%

732Miami, OKOK30,4380.1%−44%

733Plainview, TXTX36,7000.1%–

734Somerset, PAPA72,0040.1%−47%

735Morristown, TNTN128,8670.1%−73%

736Marinette, WIWI65,5150.1%−73%

737Warsaw, ININ80,8920.1%−72%

738Vicksburg, MSMS41,7590.1%−0%

739Kerrville, TXTX54,0370.1%−47%

740Fond du Lac, WIWI104,6690.1%−72%

741Ruidoso, NMNM19,8440.1%−57%

742Deming, NMNM25,4070.1%−86%

743El Dorado, ARAR36,9260.1%−61%

744Charleston, ILIL46,6070.1%−77%

745Sierra Vista, AZAZ126,3320.1%−76%

746Huron, SDSD19,6240.1%−80%

747Lexington, NENE26,2550.1%+16%

748Burley, IDID49,3080.1%+100%

749Mountain Home, IDID29,4650.1%−62%

750Bowling Green, KYKY197,1800.1%−47%

751Paragould, ARAR47,4110.1%−56%

752Arkansas City, KSKS34,3820.1%−72%

753Ontario, OROR60,0850.1%+58%

754Paris, TXTX63,3190.1%−37%

755Tupelo, MSMS133,1670.1%−63%

756Sheridan, WYWY33,2410.1%–

757Kennett, MOMO26,8550.1%+47%

758Celina, OHOH42,7370.1%−81%

759Bloomsburg, PAPA66,1930.1%−74%

760Portsmouth, OHOH71,3650.1%−54%

761West Plains, MOMO40,7980.1%−61%

762Batesville, ARAR38,7850.1%−63%

763Richmond, KYKY131,8060.1%−62%

764Huntington, ININ37,2240.1%−71%

765Rome, GAGA101,3780.1%−86%

766Greeneville, TNTN73,8310.1%−57%

767Beckley, WVWV109,9400.1%−51%

768Mount Sterling, KYKY48,4280.1%−37%

769Cleveland, MSMS28,2620.1%−69%

770Daphne, ALAL267,7610.1%−72%

771Hickory, NCNC376,8900.1%−48%

772Marion, ININ66,5240.1%+20%

773Danville, KYKY56,9850.1%−38%

774Huntsville, TXTX83,8420.1%−50%

775McMinnville, TNTN43,7170.1%+10%

776St. Simons, GAGA118,5240.1%−86%

777Washington, NCNC44,6700.1%−71%

778Forest City, NCNC65,7450.1%−54%

779Plymouth, ININ46,5990.1%−63%

780Henderson, NCNC42,6380.1%−24%

781Scottsboro, ALAL54,2810.1%−62%

782Las Vegas, NMNM30,3110.1%−84%

783Findlay, OHOH75,0340.1%−35%

784Martinsville, VAVA63,0910.1%−85%

785Clarksburg, WVWV88,1420.1%−87%

786Calhoun, GAGA61,7010.1%−80%

787Harrison, ARAR45,6540.1%−43%

788Safford, AZAZ40,1570.1%−96%

789Kingsville, TXTX30,3150.1%−70%

790Rolla, MOMO45,2470.1%−79%

791Nacogdoches, TXTX66,0350.1%−81%

792Dickinson, NDND39,1420.1%+134%

793Anderson Creek, NCNC150,1370.1%−73%

794Price, UTUT20,6800.1%−79%

795Urbana, OHOH38,8200.1%−63%

796Wooster, OHOH116,7580.1%−84%

797El Campo, TXTX42,0600.1%−79%

798Greenwood, MSMS34,9120.1%−56%

799Talladega, ALAL91,7640.1%−89%

800Great Bend, KSKS24,7900.1%−91%

801Greenwood, SCSC95,2150.1%−69%

802Canton, ILIL32,9010.1%−33%

803Ashland, OHOH52,5230.1%−63%

804Newport, TNTN37,8890.1%+331%

805Slidell, LALA279,1080.1%−50%

806Kirksville, MOMO29,8240.1%−62%

807Cedar City, UTUT67,1410.1%−52%

808Hastings, NENE40,5770.1%−75%

809Bennington, VTVT36,6300.1%−81%

810Lawrenceburg, TNTN46,9140.1%−80%

811Brevard, NCNC34,2110.1%–

812Del Rio, TXTX47,8350.1%−74%

813Tullahoma, TNTN69,3390.1%−82%

814Scottsbluff, NENE36,2720.1%−91%

815Moscow, IDID41,8420.1%−93%

816Corinth, MSMS34,5690.1%−90%

817Muskegon, MIMI177,9010.1%−91%

818Russellville, ALAL32,4490.1%−70%

819Lake City, FLFL74,0940.1%−75%

820Toccoa, GAGA27,8540.1%–

821Mount Pleasant, TXTX57,0760.0%−88%

822Cambridge, OHOH38,3790.0%−65%

823Cleveland, TNTN134,0570.0%−65%

824Russellville, ARAR84,9320.0%−75%

825Jonesboro, ARAR139,4400.0%−58%

826Alamosa, COCO27,8960.0%+66%

827Hutchinson, KSKS61,5390.0%−89%

828Huntingdon, PAPA43,0010.0%−15%

829Dublin, GAGA60,3510.0%−42%

830Blytheville, ARAR37,8280.0%−76%

831Chillicothe, OHOH76,4290.0%−94%

832Liberal, KSKS21,0730.0%−90%

833Jamestown, NDND21,4140.0%−96%

834Frankfort, ININ33,3220.0%+90%

835Sonora, CACA53,1600.0%−95%

836Cañon City, COCO50,0390.0%−70%

837Bucyrus, OHOH41,8960.0%−92%

838Newberry, SCSC39,5610.0%−83%

839Coos Bay, OROR63,9920.0%−85%

840Beaver Dam, WIWI89,0970.0%−91%

841Twin Falls, IDID123,9010.0%−91%

842Emporia, KSKS34,8380.0%−82%

843DeRidder, LALA36,6730.0%−93%

844Thomaston, GAGA28,5000.0%–

845Picayune, MSMS59,3630.0%−92%

846Waynesville, NCNC63,3690.0%−92%

847Branson, MOMO57,0010.0%−93%

848Stephenville, TXTX43,9110.0%−59%

849Somerset, KYKY67,3840.0%−96%

850Enterprise, ALAL56,9530.0%−66%

851Columbus, NENE46,5830.0%−63%

852Pittsburg, KSKS39,0080.0%−83%

853Cambridge, MDMD33,6280.0%−98%

854Maryville, MOMO20,1740.0%−71%

855Sikeston, MOMO49,9780.0%−94%

856Durant, OKOK51,3670.0%−92%

857Bonham, TXTX39,2650.0%−93%

858Hays, KSKS29,0750.0%−95%

859Altus, OKOK24,7640.0%–

860Madisonville, KYKY45,1270.0%–

861Fort Payne, ALAL74,0850.0%−88%

862Marion, NCNC45,1980.0%–

863Mountain Home, ARAR42,9820.0%−93%

864Norfolk, NENE49,2280.0%−95%

865Shelbyville, TNTN55,2730.0%−98%

866Weatherford, OKOK39,0590.0%−92%

867Shawnee, OKOK75,1020.0%−94%

868Beeville, TXTX32,5150.0%−98%

869Athens, TNTN71,5900.0%−97%

870Seymour, ININ47,3700.0%−97%

871Shelby, NCNC103,3250.0%−97%

872Roanoke Rapids, NCNC63,0250.0%−98%

873New Philadelphia, OHOH92,3730.0%−99%

874Dyersburg, TNTN36,3200.0%−100%

875Uvalde, TXTX24,9630.0%–

876Van Wert, OHOH29,0130.0%−100%

877Zapata, TXTX13,7530.0%–

878Big Spring, TXTX30,5040.0%−100%

879Rio Grande City, TXTX66,3190.0%−100%

880Beatrice, NENE21,7110.0%−100%

881Defiance, OHOH38,2920.0%−100%

882Dodge City, KSKS33,9930.0%−100%

883Elizabeth City, NCNC42,2010.0%−100%

884Eufaula, ALAL26,8610.0%−100%

885Fort Morgan, COCO30,3060.0%−100%

886Fremont, NENE38,0570.0%−100%

887Granbury, TXTX70,5010.0%−100%

888Greencastle, ININ37,8760.0%−100%

889Greensburg, ININ26,5760.0%−100%

890Grenada, MSMS30,2220.0%−100%

891Hereford, TXTX18,6260.0%–

892Jacksonville, TXTX53,3370.0%–

893Madison, ININ33,2790.0%−100%

894Marshall, MOMO23,2650.0%−100%

895Marshalltown, IAIA39,8900.0%−100%

896Morgan City, LALA46,5520.0%−100%

897Pampa, TXTX21,7860.0%−100%

898Ponca City, OKOK43,4900.0%−100%

899Port Lavaca, TXTX19,5990.0%−100%

900Raymondville, TXTX19,9710.0%–

901Rockingham, NCNC42,0410.0%–

902Ruston, LALA48,3600.0%−100%

903Silver City, NMNM27,2520.0%−100%

904Snyder, TXTX16,1620.0%–

905Spirit Lake, IAIA18,0770.0%−100%

906Town of Pecos, TXTX12,1380.0%–

907Vernon, TXTX12,4810.0%–

908Wapakoneta, OHOH45,9090.0%−100%

909Winchester, TNTN45,5790.0%−100%

910Sweetwater, TXTX14,1170.0%−100%

911Eagle Pass, TXTX58,8230.0%−100%

912Alice, TXTX45,3830.0%−100%

913Americus, GAGA33,3940.0%−100%

914Andrews, TXTX18,9140.0%−100%

915Atchison, KSKS16,1720.0%–

916Bedford, ININ45,5680.0%−100%

917Brenham, TXTX38,2880.0%−100%

918Brookhaven, MSMS35,0120.0%−100%

919Camden, ARAR26,3630.0%−100%

920Columbus, MSMS67,1440.0%−100%

921Cordele, GAGA19,2370.0%−100%

922Kill Devil Hills, NCNC38,2450.0%−100%

923Lewisburg, TNTN38,0710.0%−100%

924McPherson, KSKS30,0640.0%−100%

925Milledgeville, GAGA44,0290.0%−100%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES