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Madison, WI · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Madison

Madison ranks #25 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 82 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 82nd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Wisconsin.

traffic-flow score
82
Very Fun
National rank
#25 of 134
In Wisconsin
#1 of 2
Percentile
82nd

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

  1. T#23 Portland, ME 83
  2. T#23 Tulsa, OK 83
  3. #25 Madison, WI — this page 82
  4. #26 Des Moines, IA 81
  5. T#27 Omaha, NE 80

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 Madison

Madison scores 97 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: