What cities have the longest commute?

Below is a list of the top 10 cities with the longest commutes in the United States:
  • Yonkers, New York: 65.8 minutes round-trip.
  • Rancho Cucamonga, California: 65 minutes round-trip.
  • Stockton, California: 65 minutes round-trip.
  • Chicago, Illinois: 64.4 minutes round-trip.
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Poinciana, Florida, has the longest commute time in the U.S., at 43.2 minutes on average. Sioux Falls has the longest average commute time in South Dakota, at a still-short 16.7 minutes.

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The U.S. Census Bureau defines extreme commuters as workers who travel 90 minutes or more each way to work.

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This is consistent with other studies that show most people do not want a commute time of shorter than 15 minutes. I agree that around 15 minutes would be ideal. But how you commute seems to matter just as much as the length of time. The research clearly shows that people are happiest walking to work.

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The survey found that adults who commute more than 90 minutes one way to work had an average health index score of just 63.9. Those who commuted 10 minutes or less to work had an average score of 69.2. A long commute is even worse for you if you don't particularly like your job.

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Just how bad is a commute on job satisfaction? A study by the University of West England found that adding 20 minutes to your daily commute has the same negative effect on job satisfaction as receiving a 19 percent pay cut. In fact, every extra minute commuting lowered satisfaction with their job and leisure time.

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In 2019, the duration of the average one-way commute in the United States increased to a new high of 27.6 minutes, and a record 9.8 percent of commuters reported daily one-way commutes of at least 1 hour.

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The winner, from Mariposa, California, drove a 372-mile (599 km) round trip (about 7 hours) to and from work in San Jose each day.

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45 minutes is very standard, the shortest of my coworkers is 30 minutes. Many folks are up near 1.5 hours. You and your husband are extremely likely to change jobs, so the commute may not always be the same. That being said, 45 minutes is not that bad.

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A new Swedish study has found people working more than 40 hours per week who commute more than 30 minutes each way to work have a 25 percent greater risk of being inactive, and are 16 percent more likely to experience sleep problems, reports Reuters.

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