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Traffic & commutes in Houston

Houston ranks #110 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 18 — Quiet. That puts it in the 19th percentile nationally and #12 of 13 in Texas.

traffic-flow score
18
Quiet
National rank
#110 of 134
In Texas
#12 of 13
Percentile
19th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Houston sits 32 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 Houston

  1. T#107 North Las Vegas, NV 20
  2. #109 Fort Worth, TX 19
  3. #110 Houston, TX — this page 18
  4. T#111 Miami, FL 17
  5. T#111 San Jose, CA 17

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 Houston

Houston scores 41 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: