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Durham, NC · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Durham

Durham ranks T#55 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 59 — Fun. That puts it in the 60th percentile nationally and #4 of 6 in North Carolina.

traffic-flow score
59
Fun
National rank
T#55 of 134
In North Carolina
#4 of 6
Percentile
60th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Durham sits 9 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 Durham

  1. #53 Minneapolis, MN 61
  2. #54 St. Louis, MO 60
  3. T#55 Durham, NC — this page 59
  4. #57 Milwaukee, WI 58
  5. #58 Albuquerque, NM 57

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 Durham

Durham scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: