Census Bureau: DC Area Commute Second-Longest in Nation
A different study released last month ranked Washington metro area traffic the worst in the country.
Commuters in the Washington metropolitan area have the second-longest commutes in the nation, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The average travel time to work in the area was 34.5 minutes in 2011, according to numbers released by the bureau Tuesday. The longest commute time was found in the New York City metro area, with average commutes of 34.9 minutes—that's just 24 seconds longer than the DC area. The national average one-way commute to work was 25.5 minutes. DC also had the highest rate of out-of-state commuters among its resident workers, at 25.2 percent, followed by Maryland at 18.3 percent. "The District of Columbia is a job center for all of its adjoining counties in Maryland and Virginia," said Brian McKenzie, a …
In this Article:
Amrish Pinto
7:38 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Thanks TTI for doing a study to tell us what we already know. more ›