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Lexington, KY · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Lexington

Lexington ranks T#35 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 74 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 75th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Kentucky.

traffic-flow score
74
Very Fun
National rank
T#35 of 134
In Kentucky
#1 of 2
Percentile
75th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Lexington sits 24 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 Lexington

  1. #33 Savannah, GA 76
  2. #34 Montgomery, AL 75
  3. T#35 Lexington, KY — this page 74
  4. #37 Baton Rouge, LA 73
  5. #38 Santa Fe, NM 72

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 Lexington

Lexington scores 69 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: