{"id":1785,"date":"2017-10-06T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2017-10-06T11:10:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:10:05","slug":"commute-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/commute-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Half of Workers Commute More Than 30 Minutes to Work Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employees at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a>&#8216;s Menlo Park campus are <a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2016\/06\/17\/facebook_employees_hate_commuting_b.php\">outspoken<\/a> about how much they hate their commutes. But they&#8217;re not the only ones suffering.<\/p>\n<p><b>Nearly half of workers have a 30-minute+ commute<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Forty-four percent of workers say their commute is at least 30 minutes long, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/guest\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/30-how-long-is-your-commute-to-work\">latest reading<\/a> of an ongoing query by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\">Comparably<\/a>. The data comes from the responses of more than 10,000 workers across the technology industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1788\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/comm.png\" alt=\"comm\" width=\"1185\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/comm-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/comm-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/comm-1024x281.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/comm.png 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifty-six percent of workers have commutes less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cities with the longest commutes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Workers in New York City and San Francisco reported the longest commutes, with 56% and 51% of workers, respectively, commuting 30 minutes or more to work.<\/p>\n<p>New York City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1790\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/NY1.png\" alt=\"NY1\" width=\"575\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/NY1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/NY1.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 85vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1791\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/SF1-1.png\" alt=\"SF1\" width=\"589\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/SF1-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/SF1-1.png 589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 85vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles was just behind, at 50%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1793\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/LOSA.png\" alt=\"LOSA\" width=\"588\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/LOSA-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/LOSA.png 588w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 85vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Cities with the shortest commutes<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Denver and Phoenix are the cities where workers have the shortest commutes (70% and 68%, respectively, have commutes no longer than 30 minutes.)<\/p>\n<p>Denver<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1795\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/DENV.png\" alt=\"DENV\" width=\"574\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/DENV-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/DENV.png 574w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 85vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Phoenix<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/PHOENIX.png\" alt=\"PHOENIX\" width=\"579\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/PHOENIX-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2017\/10\/PHOENIX.png 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 85vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The figures referenced are as of Oct. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employees at Facebook&#8216;s Menlo Park campus are outspoken about how much they hate their commutes. But they&#8217;re not the only ones suffering. Nearly half of workers have a 30-minute+ commute Forty-four percent of workers say their commute is at least 30 minutes long, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. 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