What is considered commuting?

Commuting is traveling from your home to your place of work on a daily basis. You can commute by car, bus, ferry, trolley, taxi, or any other form of transportation. The expenses you incur with these forms of travel are considered commuting expenses. This could be the gas or oil for the car you use or your bus fare.



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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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Qualified parking exclusion and commuter transportation benefit. For 2023, the monthly exclusion for qualified parking is $300 and the monthly exclusion for commuter highway vehicle transportation and transit passes is $300.

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The average American commute time to and from work is 55 minutes. Given that Americans spend an average of 27.6 minutes traveling one way, that means it takes nearly an hour for them to commute both ways each day.

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People who commute 90 minutes or more are more likely to have back and neck pain, and long commute times also up your blood pressure and anxiety levels. Then there's also the time suck of it all.

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A 2-hour commute each way means a 15-hour day plus one hour to get up and ready and one hour to relax and eat dinner. That leaves barely 6 hours to sleep which is below the recommended number of hours. After only 3 days this sleep deficiency will deplete yourbgut health and increase your blood pressure.

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