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Chesapeake, VA · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Chesapeake

Chesapeake ranks #102 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 24 — Quiet. That puts it in the 25th percentile nationally and #4 of 4 in Virginia.

traffic-flow score
24
Quiet
National rank
#102 of 134
In Virginia
#4 of 4
Percentile
25th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Chesapeake sits 26 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 Chesapeake

  1. T#99 Phoenix, AZ 26
  2. #101 Dallas, TX 25
  3. #102 Chesapeake, VA — this page 24
  4. T#103 Gilbert, AZ 23
  5. T#103 Seattle, WA 23

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 Chesapeake

Chesapeake scores 44 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: