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Traffic & commutes in Jersey City

Jersey City ranks T#131 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 8 — Quiet. That puts it in the 3rd percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New Jersey.

traffic-flow score
8
Quiet
National rank
T#131 of 134
In New Jersey
#2 of 2
Percentile
3rd

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Jersey City sits 42 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 Jersey City

  1. T#128 Philadelphia, PA 9
  2. T#128 Stockton, CA 9
  3. T#131 Jersey City, NJ — this page 8
  4. #134 New York, NY 7

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 Jersey City

Jersey City scores 43 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: