Long Commutes

According to the American Community Survey (ACS) released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans average over 100 hours a year commuting to work, exceeding the two weeks of vacation the average employee takes each year. The daily commute for the average American worker was 24.3 minutes in 2003. The 10 cities with the highest average commuting times are New York (38.3 minutes), Chicago (33.2 minutes), Newark (31.5 minutes), Riverside (31.2 minutes), Philadelphia (29.4 minutes), Los Angeles (29.0 minutes), Miami (29.0 minutes), Baltimore (29.0 minutes), San Francisco (28.5 minutes) and Washington D.C. (28.4 minutes). States with the lowest average commuting times are South Dakota (15.2 minutes), North Dakota (15.4 minutes), Nebraska (16.5 minutes) and Montana (16.9 minutes).