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Commuters travelling under 15 minutes: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of commuters travelling under 15 minutes (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Commute times by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-11

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National value: 24.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 12.1 %
RI 24.8 %
DE 24.3 %
CT 24.7 %
NJ 20 %
MD 16.6 %
MA 20.8 %
VT 29.1 %
NH 27.6 %

Lowest: 12.1 to 23.5 %
Group 2: 23.5 to 24.9 %
Group 3: 24.9 to 28.9 %
Group 4: 28.9 to 32.9 %
Highest: 32.9 to 51.4 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Wyoming	51.4
2	North Dakota	49.5
3	South Dakota	46.9
4	Alaska	44.5
5	Montana	43.4
6	Iowa	40.8
7	Nebraska	40.1
8	Kansas	38.1
9	Idaho	36
10	Arkansas	33.8
11	Wisconsin	32.9
12	New Mexico	32.3
13	Oklahoma	32.1
14	Maine	31.5
15	Oregon	30.9
16	Minnesota	30.8
17	Utah	29.8
18	Indiana	29.5
19	Vermont	29.1
20	Kentucky	29
21	Missouri	28.9
22	West Virginia	28.5
23	Michigan	27.7
24	Louisiana	27.6
24	Mississippi	27.6
24	New Hampshire	27.6
27	Ohio	27.5
28	Colorado	26
29	Pennsylvania	25.3
30	North Carolina	25
31	Washington	24.9
32	Rhode Island	24.8
33	Alabama	24.7
33	Connecticut	24.7
35	Delaware	24.3
36	Hawaii	24
36	Illinois	24
36	Tennessee	24
39	Arizona	23.9
39	South Carolina	23.9
41	Texas	23.5
42	Nevada	22.8
43	Virginia	22.2
44	Georgia	21.8
45	California	21
46	Massachusetts	20.8
47	New Jersey	20
48	Florida	19.5
49	New York	19
50	Maryland	16.6
51	District of Columbia	12.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08303: Travel time to work. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of commuters travelling under 15 minutes (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08303: Travel time to work; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-commuters-travelling-under-15-minutes/

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