New Yorkers spend the most time — 37 minutes, or 325 hours annually — on an average one-way daily commute in the country. Jackson, Mississippi, and Visalia-Porterville, California, have the deadliest morning commutes in America.
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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.
The country that spends the longest time stuck in traffic is Nigeria, with an average commute time of just under 62 minutes (each way!). Specifically in the capital of Lagos, traffic congestion can be extreme, with an estimated 10,000 passengers in each direction per hour during peak times.
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.
Generally speaking, it is best to keep your commute under an hour each way. This allows for enough time in the day for other activities such as spending time with family or pursuing hobbies without feeling overly exhausted from a long journey.
The “15-minute city” may be defined as an ideal geography where most human needs and many desires are located within a travel distance of 15 minutes. While automobiles may be accommodated in the 15-minute city, they cannot determine its scale or urban form.
Key takeaways. The worst cities for driving are New York City, Chicago, Miami, Austin, and Los Angeles. Chicago drivers lost an average of 104 hours to traffic congestion during peak rush hour in 2021.
Montana is considered the best state when it comes to traffic/infrastructure. However, there is a two-way tie for states with highest percentage of rush hour congestion: Florida and Massachusetts. There is a five-way tie for states with the lowest percentage: Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
The nation's least congested roads are found in North Dakota. The average morning commute time there is only 19 minutes, eight minutes shorter than the national average of 27 minutes.
The biggest and most obvious advantage of a shorter commute is the time you'll save. If you're able to trim off 30 minutes of commuting each way, that's an hour a day, which saves you 250 hours of time every year (if you work five days per week and have two weeks of vacation).