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The states with the shortest commutes

Mean commute time.

One-way, minutes, Census ACS (auto-updated)

  1. 1North Dakota17.5 min
  2. 2South Dakota18.5 min
  3. 3Montana19.5 min
  4. 4Wyoming19.7 min
  5. 5Alaska19.8 min
  6. 6Nebraska19.9 min
  7. 7Kansas20.0 min
  8. 8Iowa20.4 min
  9. 9Idaho22.2 min
  10. 10Arkansas22.7 min
  11. 11Minnesota22.7 min
  12. 12Oklahoma22.7 min
  13. 13Wisconsin22.7 min
  14. 14Oregon23.2 min
  15. 15Utah23.2 min
  16. 16Ohio23.8 min
  17. 17Vermont23.9 min
  18. 18Missouri24.0 min
  19. 19New Mexico24.0 min
  20. 20Michigan24.3 min
  21. 21Kentucky24.5 min
  22. 22Indiana24.6 min
  23. 23Maine25.6 min
  24. 24Colorado25.7 min
  25. 25North Carolina25.7 min
  26. 26Nevada25.7 min
  27. 27Alabama26.0 min
  28. 28Louisiana26.2 min
  29. 29Rhode Island26.3 min
  30. 30South Carolina26.3 min
  31. 31Arizona26.4 min
  32. 32Mississippi26.4 min
  33. 33Tennessee26.5 min
  34. 34West Virginia26.5 min
  35. 35Hawaii26.7 min
  36. 36Delaware26.8 min
  37. 37Connecticut27.0 min
  38. 38Pennsylvania27.1 min
  39. 39Washington27.2 min
  40. 40New Hampshire27.5 min
  41. 41Texas27.5 min
  42. 42Illinois28.3 min
  43. 43Virginia28.3 min
  44. 44Florida28.9 min
  45. 45Georgia29.4 min
  46. 46California29.7 min
  47. 47Massachusetts30.6 min
  48. 48District of Columbia31.0 min
  49. 49New Jersey31.9 min
  50. 50Maryland32.3 min
  51. 51New York33.2 min
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS. · How this is built