New York, NY · the CityFunIndex
Traffic & commutes in New York
New York ranks #134 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 7 — Quiet. That puts it in the 1st percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in New York.
- traffic-flow score
- 7
- Quiet
- National rank
- #134 of 134
- In New York
- #2 of 2
- Percentile
- 1st
The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; New York sits 43 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 New York
- T#131 Jersey City, NJ 8
- T#131 Santa Clarita, CA 8
- #134 New York, NY — this page 7
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More about New York
New York scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: