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Mean travel time to work: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Mean travel time to work (minutes). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Commuting to work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-10-29
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National value: 27.4 (United States).

Washington: 27.3Idaho: 22.7Montana: 20North Dakota: 18.1Minnesota: 23.5Michigan: 25Ohio: 24.1Pennsylvania: 27.1New York: 33.5Vermont: 24.2New Hampshire: 26.7Maine: 24.9Arizona: 26.4California: 29.8New Mexico: 24.1Texas: 27.8Louisiana: 25.9Mississippi: 26.6Alabama: 26Florida: 29.3Georgia: 29.7South Carolina: 27North Carolina: 25.7Virginia: 28.2District of Columbia: 30.1Maryland: 33.7Delaware: 27.1New Jersey: 32.2Connecticut: 28.2Rhode Island: 26.5Massachusetts: 30.8Oregon: 23.6Utah: 23.7Wyoming: 19.6Nevada: 25.2Colorado: 25.8South Dakota: 17.8Nebraska: 19.6Kansas: 20.5Oklahoma: 23.1Iowa: 20.2Missouri: 24.2Wisconsin: 23.2Illinois: 28.4Kentucky: 24.5Arkansas: 23.3Tennessee: 26.4West Virginia: 27.4Indiana: 24.6Alaska: 20Hawaii: 27.1

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 17.8 to 23.2
  • Group 2: 23.2 to 24.6
  • Group 3: 24.6 to 26.5
  • Group 4: 26.5 to 28.2
  • Highest: 28.2 to 33.7
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Maryland33.7
2New York33.5
3New Jersey32.2
4Massachusetts30.8
5District of Columbia30.1
6California29.8
7Georgia29.7
8Florida29.3
9Illinois28.4
10Connecticut28.2
10Virginia28.2
12Texas27.8
13West Virginia27.4
14Washington27.3
15Delaware27.1
15Hawaii27.1
15Pennsylvania27.1
18South Carolina27
19New Hampshire26.7
20Mississippi26.6
21Rhode Island26.5
22Arizona26.4
22Tennessee26.4
24Alabama26
25Louisiana25.9
26Colorado25.8
27North Carolina25.7
28Nevada25.2
29Michigan25
30Maine24.9
31Indiana24.6
32Kentucky24.5
33Missouri24.2
33Vermont24.2
35New Mexico24.1
35Ohio24.1
37Utah23.7
38Oregon23.6
39Minnesota23.5
40Arkansas23.3
41Wisconsin23.2
42Oklahoma23.1
43Idaho22.7
44Kansas20.5
45Iowa20.2
46Alaska20
46Montana20
48Nebraska19.6
48Wyoming19.6
50North Dakota18.1
51South Dakota17.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0801: Commuting Characteristics by Sex. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by mean travel time to work (minutes) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0801; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-mean-travel-time-to-work-minutes/

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