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Traffic & commutes in Asheville

Asheville ranks #14 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 90 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 90th percentile nationally and #1 of 6 in North Carolina.

traffic-flow score
90
Exceptional
National rank
#14 of 134
In North Carolina
#1 of 6
Percentile
90th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Asheville sits 40 points above the median.

How traffic & commutes is measured

Congestion and the time lost to commuting.

The traffic-flow score is the flip side of our traffic measure — 100 minus the raw traffic score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: US Census commute-time data (ACS).

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Asheville

  1. T#11 Sioux Falls, SD 92
  2. #13 Boulder, CO 91
  3. #14 Asheville, NC — this page 90
  4. T#15 Lincoln, NE 89
  5. T#15 Wichita, KS 89

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the lightest traffic →

Top US cities for easy commutes

  1. #1 Telluride, CO 100
  2. #2 Jackson, WY 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Asheville

Asheville scores 85 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: