Where is the longest ride to work?
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Which states have the longest average commute to work? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… California — those LA traffic jams!
Answer
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New York commuters spend about 32.8 minutes each way — the nation's longest!
📚 Background New York workers have America's longest average ride to work — about half an hour each way, with big-city trains and traffic. The quickest commutes? The Dakotas, at around 18 minutes. (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023) (opens in a new tab)
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Average one-way commute (minutes, ACS 2023)
Highest: New York (32.8 minutes); lowest: South Dakota (18.4 minutes).
Note: measured in minutes, one way, on average.
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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | 32.8 minutes |
| #2 | Maryland | 31.4 minutes |
| #2 | New Jersey | 31.4 minutes |
| #4 | Massachusetts | 29.9 minutes |
| #5 | California | 29.2 minutes |
| #6 | Georgia | 28.7 minutes |
| #7 | Florida | 28.5 minutes |
| #8 | Illinois | 28.1 minutes |
| #9 | West Virginia | 27.7 minutes |
| #10 | Virginia | 27.5 minutes |
| #11 | Texas | 27.2 minutes |
| #12 | New Hampshire | 27.1 minutes |
| #13 | Hawaii | 27 minutes |
| #14 | Connecticut | 26.9 minutes |
| #15 | Delaware | 26.8 minutes |
| #16 | Washington | 26.7 minutes |
| #17 | Pennsylvania | 26.5 minutes |
| #18 | Tennessee | 26.3 minutes |
| #19 | Arizona | 25.7 minutes |
| #19 | Louisiana | 25.7 minutes |
| #21 | Rhode Island | 25.6 minutes |
| #22 | Alabama | 25.5 minutes |
| #22 | Colorado | 25.5 minutes |
| #22 | Nevada | 25.5 minutes |
| #22 | South Carolina | 25.5 minutes |
| #26 | North Carolina | 25.3 minutes |
| #27 | Mississippi | 25.2 minutes |
| #28 | Michigan | 24.5 minutes |
| #29 | Indiana | 24.3 minutes |
| #29 | Maine | 24.3 minutes |
| #31 | Kentucky | 24.2 minutes |
| #31 | Vermont | 24.2 minutes |
| #33 | Missouri | 23.5 minutes |
| #33 | Ohio | 23.5 minutes |
| #35 | New Mexico | 23.2 minutes |
| #35 | Oregon | 23.2 minutes |
| #37 | Arkansas | 22.7 minutes |
| #37 | Minnesota | 22.7 minutes |
| #39 | Oklahoma | 22.6 minutes |
| #39 | Utah | 22.6 minutes |
| #41 | Wisconsin | 22.5 minutes |
| #42 | Idaho | 21.9 minutes |
| #43 | Montana | 20.2 minutes |
| #44 | Iowa | 20 minutes |
| #44 | Kansas | 20 minutes |
| #46 | Alaska | 19.8 minutes |
| #47 | Wyoming | 19.5 minutes |
| #48 | Nebraska | 19.1 minutes |
| #49 | North Dakota | 18.5 minutes |
| #50 | South Dakota | 18.4 minutes |
| 🇺🇸 USA (national figure) | 26.8 minutes |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2023 (ACS 1-year estimates))
Sources
Data as of: 2023 (ACS 1-year estimates)
U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2023 1-year profile DP03_0025 (mean travel time to work) (opens in a new tab) (2026-07-13) — Official published survey estimates (the committed raw file is the API response, unchanged).
↳ On data.census.gov, open profile table “DP03” for 2023 and read mean travel time to work.