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Traffic & commutes in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge ranks #37 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 73 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 73rd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Louisiana.

traffic-flow score
73
Very Fun
National rank
#37 of 134
In Louisiana
#1 of 2
Percentile
73rd

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Baton Rouge sits 23 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 Baton Rouge

  1. T#35 Birmingham, AL 74
  2. T#35 Lexington, KY 74
  3. #37 Baton Rouge, LA — this page 73
  4. #38 Santa Fe, NM 72
  5. T#39 Memphis, TN 71

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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 Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge scores 28 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: