United States: Commute time 2024| ��ƽ��

Average length of workers' commutes in the United States from January 2019 to September 2024

Characteristic	Less than 15 minutes	15 to 29 minutes	30 to 59 minutes	60 to 119 minutes	120 minutes and more
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Release date

October 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 2019 to September 2024

Number of respondents

60,641 respondents

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

includes trainees and apprentices

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Data represents respondents' response who indicated that they work (full-time employed, part-time employed, self-employed, or as freelancer) to the survey question: "On average, how long is your daily commute to work/school/university (one way)?" Response option also included the option to select the response "I do not commute"

Survey periods:

2019: 23 January 2019 to 23 August 2019
2020: 05 February 2020 to 20 August 2020
2021: 04 January 2021 to 21 December 2021
2022: 03 January 2022 to 16 December 2022
2023: 04 October 2022 to 29 September 2023

2024: 04 October 2023 to 23 September 2024

Respondent counts:

2019: 25,108
2020: 25,114
2021: 42,093
2022: 59,934
2023: 60,115

2024: 60,641

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According to the ��ƽ�� Consumer ��ƽ��, for the period between October 2023 and September 2024, around of U.S. American workers spent an average of **** an hour or less commuting to work. In the period between 2019 and 2024, the share of workers commuting less than ** minutes dropped by percentage points to ** percent, while the share of workers commuting over **** an hour decreased from ** to ** percent.

Rise of hybrid work models

The transformation in commute times coincides with a surge in hybrid work arrangements. By the second quarter of 2024, ** percent of U.S. workers reported adopting a hybrid work model, blending remote and on-site work. This shift, initially sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, has reshaped how Americans balance their professional and personal lives, offering increased flexibility and potentially reducing overall commute times for many.

Driving remains most common form of commuting

Among those workers who continue to travel to their place of work, driving remained the most popular mode. Over of U.S. Americans drove to work by car, truck or van in 2022 and an additional nearly **** percent used a carpool to get to their job. Public transportation, meanwhile, was only used by *** percent of workers.