Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting
Workers who commute by transit, bike or on foot, and how long the average commute takes, from the American Community Survey.
100 cities ranked in the United States.
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison, WI Dane County | 285,300 | 90.1 |
| 2 | Minneapolis, MN Hennepin County | 428,579 | 87.5 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny County | 307,668 | 87.1 |
| 4 | Seattle, WA King County | 780,995 | 83.8 |
| 5 | Boston, MA Suffolk County | 673,458 | 83.3 |
| 6 | San Francisco, CA San Francisco County | 827,526 | 83.0 |
| 7 | Buffalo, NY Erie County | 276,617 | 82.8 |
| 8 | New Orleans, LA Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 81.8 |
| 9 | Portland, OR Multnomah County | 635,749 | 81.2 |
| 10 | New York, NY Kings County | 8,478,072 | 80.3 |
| 11 | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia County | 1,573,916 | 78.8 |
| 12 | St. Louis, MO St. Louis city | 279,695 | 77.7 |
| 13 | Richmond, VA Richmond city | 233,655 | 77.6 |
| 14 | Chicago, IL Cook County | 2,721,308 | 77.3 |
| 15 | Cleveland, OH Cuyahoga County | 365,379 | 77.1 |
| 16 | St. Paul, MN Ramsey County | 307,465 | 76.9 |
| 17 | Jersey City, NJ Hudson County | 302,824 | 75.8 |
| 18 | Miami, FL Miami-Dade County | 487,014 | 74.2 |
| 19 | Baltimore, MD Baltimore city | 568,271 | 73.4 |
| 20 | Spokane, WA Spokane County | 230,609 | 73.2 |
| 21 | Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee County | 563,531 | 72.4 |
| 22 | Denver, CO Denver County | 729,019 | 72.2 |
| 23 | Norfolk, VA Norfolk city | 231,105 | 71.1 |
| 24 | Atlanta, GA Fulton County | 520,070 | 70.7 |
| 25 | Cincinnati, OH Hamilton County | 314,915 | 70.5 |
| 26 | Reno, NV Washoe County | 281,714 | 70.0 |
| 27 | Oakland, CA Alameda County | 443,554 | 69.5 |
| 28 | Tucson, AZ Pima County | 554,013 | 68.9 |
| 29 | San Diego, CA San Diego County | 1,404,452 | 68.5 |
| 30 | Newark, NJ Essex County | 317,303 | 65.6 |
| 31 | Detroit, MI Wayne County | 645,705 | 64.6 |
| 32 | Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County | 3,878,704 | 63.6 |
| 33 | Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 60.9 |
| 34 | Lincoln, NE Lancaster County | 300,619 | 60.6 |
| 35 | Boise City, ID Ada County | 237,963 | 60.1 |
| 36 | Columbus, OH Franklin County | 933,263 | 59.3 |
| 37 | Sacramento, CA Sacramento County | 535,798 | 59.2 |
| 38 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Fayette County | 329,437 | 58.9 |
| 39 | Austin, TX Travis County | 993,588 | 58.7 |
| 40 | Long Beach, CA Los Angeles County | 450,901 | 57.7 |
| 41 | Durham, NC Durham County | 301,870 | 57.7 |
| 42 | Irvine, CA Orange County | 318,683 | 55.1 |
| 43 | Greensboro, NC Guilford County | 307,381 | 54.6 |
| 44 | Toledo, OH Lucas County | 265,638 | 53.2 |
| 45 | Albuquerque, NM Bernalillo County | 560,326 | 53.0 |
| 46 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Jefferson County | 640,796 | 52.6 |
| 47 | St. Petersburg, FL Pinellas County | 267,102 | 51.7 |
| 48 | Tampa, FL Hillsborough County | 414,547 | 51.4 |
| 49 | Houston, TX Harris County | 2,390,125 | 51.3 |
| 50 | San Jose, CA Santa Clara County | 997,368 | 49.5 |