Boston, MA · the CityFunIndex
Traffic & commutes in Boston
Boston ranks T#120 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 12 — Quiet. That puts it in the 11th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Massachusetts.
- traffic-flow score
- 12
- Quiet
- National rank
- T#120 of 134
- In Massachusetts
- #1 of 1
- Percentile
- 11th
The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Boston sits 38 points below 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 Boston
- T#118 Garland, TX 13
- T#118 Oakland, CA 13
- T#120 Boston, MA — this page 12
- T#123 Fremont, CA 11
- T#123 San Francisco, CA 11
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More about Boston
Boston scores 98 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: