CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Cities with the lightest traffic

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by how freely it moves — from the shortest commutes to the longest. The traffic-flow score flips our congestion measure, so a city that hands back your time leads the board.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
100
Average
51

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Telluride (100) leads, ahead of Jackson (99) and Aspen (98). New York anchors the bottom at 7 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 8 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by traffic-flow score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 25
  • Fun 28
  • Very Fun 20
  • Exceptional 21
  1. 1st 100 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77
  2. 2nd 99 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  3. T-3rd 98 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  4. T-3rd 98 Key West, FL Fun Score 71

Ranked 5–134

  1. #5 97 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  2. #6 96 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  3. T#7 95 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  4. T#7 95 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  5. #9 94 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  6. #10 93 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  7. T#11 92 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  8. T#11 92 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  9. #13 91 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  10. #14 90 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  11. T#15 89 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  12. T#15 89 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  13. #17 88 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 58
  14. #18 87 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  15. T#19 86 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  16. T#19 86 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 71
  17. #21 85 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  18. #22 84 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  19. T#23 83 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  20. T#23 83 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  21. #25 82 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  22. #26 81 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  23. T#27 80 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  24. T#27 80 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  25. #29 79 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  26. #30 78 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  27. T#31 77 Reno, NV Fun Score 66
  28. T#31 77 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  29. #33 76 Savannah, GA Fun Score 75
  30. #34 75 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  31. T#35 74 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  32. T#35 74 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  33. #37 73 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  34. #38 72 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  35. T#39 71 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  36. T#39 71 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  37. #41 70 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  38. #42 69 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 55
  39. T#43 68 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 32
  40. T#43 68 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  41. #45 67 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  42. #46 66 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46
  43. T#47 65 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  44. T#47 65 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  45. #49 64 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  46. #50 63 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  47. T#51 62 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  48. T#51 62 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  49. #53 61 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  50. #54 60 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  51. T#55 59 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  52. T#55 59 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  53. #57 58 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  54. #58 57 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  55. T#59 56 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  56. T#59 56 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  57. #61 55 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  58. #62 54 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  59. T#63 53 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  60. T#63 53 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  61. #65 52 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  62. T#66 50 Billings, MT Placeholder
  63. T#66 50 Louisville, KY Placeholder
  64. T#66 50 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  65. T#66 50 Stowe, VT Placeholder
  66. #70 48 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  67. T#71 47 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  68. T#71 47 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  69. #73 46 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  70. #74 45 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  71. T#75 44 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  72. T#75 44 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  73. #77 43 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  74. #78 42 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  75. T#79 41 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  76. T#79 41 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  77. #81 40 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  78. #82 39 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  79. T#83 38 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  80. T#83 38 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  81. #85 37 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  82. #86 36 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  83. T#87 35 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  84. T#87 35 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  85. #89 34 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  86. #90 33 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  87. T#91 32 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  88. T#91 32 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  89. #93 31 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  90. #94 30 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  91. T#95 29 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  92. T#95 29 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  93. #97 28 Plano, TX Fun Score 40
  94. #98 27 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  95. T#99 26 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  96. T#99 26 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35
  97. #101 25 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  98. #102 24 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 44
  99. T#103 23 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  100. T#103 23 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  101. #105 22 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  102. #106 21 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  103. T#107 20 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  104. T#107 20 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  105. #109 19 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  106. #110 18 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  107. T#111 17 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  108. T#111 17 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  109. T#113 16 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  110. T#113 16 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  111. #115 15 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  112. T#116 14 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  113. T#116 14 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  114. T#118 13 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  115. T#118 13 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  116. T#120 12 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31
  117. T#120 12 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  118. T#120 12 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  119. T#123 11 Fremont, CA Fun Score 54
  120. T#123 11 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  121. T#125 10 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  122. T#125 10 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  123. T#125 10 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  124. T#128 9 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  125. T#128 9 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  126. T#128 9 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  127. T#131 8 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  128. T#131 8 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 30
  129. T#131 8 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  130. #134 7 New York, NY Fun Score 54

3 of 134 cities have no traffic measurement, so they sit at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

The traffic-flow score flips a city's traffic score — 100 minus it — drawn from US Census commute-time data (ACS).