Workers biking to work are not uncommon there, and for the purposes of this study, we considered
average commute times for residents of each city.
Despite having the longest
average commute times in the nation, its transit projects have traditionally produced mediocre performance for their massive costs.
With
average commuting times of just 26 minutes (Source: Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October — December 2009) a better quality of life can be achieved.
The 630,000 citizens of the «Mile High» city experience
on average a commute time of 24.3 minutes, and should expect relatively high premiums compared to living elsewhere in CO..
No one wants to deal with heavy traffic going to or from work, and that's why we factored in
average commute times when compiling our rankings.
This infographic compares all U.S. states
by average commute time, while also listing the top 10 cities with the longest and shortest commutes in the country.
Average home value for owner occupied primary residence, 2000: $ 227,200 Homeownership rate, 2000: 55.4 % Average household income, 1999: $ 47,067 Population, 2004 estimate: 2,931,714 % of people living in same home for 5 + years, 2000: 45.1 %
Average commute time from home to work (minutes), 2000: 25.3
According to the latest U.S. Census report released in September 2009, Palmdale has the
longest average commute time in the United States at 41.5 minutes.
Kiplinger identified the 10 U.S. cities with populations above 250,000 that have the lowest living costs, also taking into account household incomes, home values, unemployment rates... and
even average commute times.
By the early 2000s, 25 % of employed men and 10 % of employed women were working 50 or more hours per week.24 And 35 - 40 % of Americans were working outside regular hours (9 am to 5 pm) and / or days (Monday to Friday).25
Average commute time rose from 40 minutes in 1980 to 50 minutes in the late 2000s.26
Springfield does have a fairly
high average commute time, which could cause auto insurance to be higher than what others around the country are paying.
The biggest omission (for me, anyway) was support for podcasts — Spotify has invested time and effort into fleshing out the podcast experience in its desktop and mobile apps, and considering the
national average commute time hovers around 45 minutes, it seems odd that Spotify would've chosen to leave this out.
Long flights might be an issue if you have to spend an hour or two waiting for your headphones to recharge, but if you have a
somewhat average commute time then 3 hours isn't too bad.
«Quality of Life» notes factors affecting day - to - day life (and the decision to move) such
as average commuting times, annual snowfall, and water - quality violations.
Of all the cities in California, Lancaster earned the top spot as the most stressful because of its combination of long work hours, high divorce rates, and
long average commute time.
Cincinnati's
average commute time is one of the lowest at 10.7 minutes.
The average commute time in Detroit is quite low at just 10.5 minutes, but transportation costs are high at 34 % of annual income.
The average commuting time is 82 minutes, which is expected to rise to 109 minutes by 2030, according to Metrolinx.
Which must mean that American commuters, with
an average commute time of 25.4 minutes, are slightly happier than British workers, who face a 29 - minute commute each way.
Additionally, FlexJobs found that by not commuting to work everyday (based on
an average commute time of 52 minutes), you can save an additional $ 4,867 per year.
First, we controlled for the number of bedrooms in the household, and found that even then, renters had a shorter
average commute time than homeowners did in 2014, as shown below.
Given that
the average commute time is 52 minutes (see above), that's nearly another hour every day devoted to a work - related activity, namely, commuting.
Residents have to contend with growth, sprawl and long commutes —
the average commute time is 48 minutes, compared to the national average of 26 minutes.
With
the average commute time of nearly an hour each day on top of the eight or more hours spent on location, as well as other necessities outside of work hours of looking after kids, housework, maintenance of vehicles, etc., people simply don't have enough time and energy to exercise and sleep regularly, give their best to their personal relationships, or relax and have fun — that is, until Saturday mercifully arrives.
As much as 72 % of its 2 million residents drive alone to work, with
an average commute time of 26 minutes — the longest among our 10 featured cities.
Overall, these five cities have a much higher population density and
average commute time than the least expensive places.
The average commute time here rounded up to 24 minutes.
The average commute time here is around 18 minutes.
The average commute time here is the second highest among the featured cities: 25 minutes.
The average commute time in the United States is 25.4 minutes.
'' The Census Bureau's official 2014 report on bicycling and walking: «Modes Less Traveled» - includes data on demographics of bike commuters and average commute times
My understanding is that as a * very * broad generality, in most metros
the average commute time for those using transit is longer than those traveling by private car.
Lastly, we used workers»
average commute time in each state from the 2015 ACS.
Scorecard 2016 found that the region currently lags in this area, earning only a «C» grade for both its proportion of non-car commuters and
its average commuting time.
The benchmarking analysis shows that Greater Vancouver's performance in this area is poor — it gets «C» grades for
the average commute time to and from work and for the proportion of the workforce that non-car commutes.
Real Estate site Movoto used data like local economic numbers, home prices,
average commute times and the number of hours residents work to determine the most stressed out states in the country.