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Traffic & commutes in New Orleans

New Orleans ranks #62 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 54 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Louisiana.

traffic-flow score
54
Fun
National rank
#62 of 134
In Louisiana
#2 of 2
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; New Orleans sits 4 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 New Orleans

  1. T#59 Fresno, CA 56
  2. #61 Cleveland, OH 55
  3. #62 New Orleans, LA — this page 54
  4. T#63 Colorado Springs, CO 53
  5. T#63 Pittsburgh, PA 53

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 New Orleans

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