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Charlotte, NC · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Charlotte

Charlotte ranks T#87 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 35 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 36th percentile nationally and #6 of 6 in North Carolina.

traffic-flow score
35
Some Fun
National rank
T#87 of 134
In North Carolina
#6 of 6
Percentile
36th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Charlotte sits 15 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 Charlotte

  1. #85 San Antonio, TX 37
  2. #86 Santa Ana, CA 36
  3. T#87 Charlotte, NC — this page 35
  4. #89 Irvine, CA 34
  5. #90 Mesa, AZ 33

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 Charlotte

Charlotte scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: