44% of People Commute More Than a Half Hour to Work Each Day

For nearly half of workers, a 30-plus minute commute is the norm.

About 44% of people say they commute at least a half hour each day, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. More than 10,000 employees across the tech industry responded to the query.

The full breakdown

While commutes are longer than 30 minutes for a significant portion of workers, the majority of workers (56%) have a commute that is less than 30 minutes. Indeed, half of those workers have a commute of less than 15 minutes and the other half have a commute between 15 minutes and 30 minutes.

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The best and worst commutes by city

The cities where respondents reported commutes of under 30 minutes were Phoenix (67%), Dallas (61%), and Denver (61%).

Phoenix

PHOENIX BEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dallas

DALLAS BEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denver

DALLAS BEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cities where respondents reported commutes of more than 30 minutes were New York (57%) and Chicago (51%).

New York

NY WORST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago

CHI WORST

 

 

 

 

 

 

The latest reading is as of Dec. 12.

 

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