New York City residents spend an average of about one full week a year getting to work, the longest commute time in the nation among large cities, according to a new ranking of American Community Survey data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. New York City residents take an average of 38.4 minutes to get to work each day, more than five minutes longer than Chicagoans, who face a commute of 32.7 minutes. Other large cities with populations of 250,000 or more with long commutes include Philadelphia (30.3 minutes); Riverside (29.8); Baltimore (29.7); Washington, D.C. (29.4); San Francisco (29.2); Oakland (29.1); Los Angeles (28.5); and Boston (28.2).
States with some of the longest commute times are New York (30.8 minutes), Maryland (30.0), New Jersey (28.3), Illinois (26.7) and California (26.6) -- all above the national average of 24.4 minutes. States with the shortest commute times are North Dakota (14.8 minutes), South Dakota (15.0), Nebraska (16.1) and Montana (16.7).