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Oakland, CA · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in Oakland

Oakland ranks T#118 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 13 — Quiet. That puts it in the 13th percentile nationally and #11 of 18 in California.

traffic-flow score
13
Quiet
National rank
T#118 of 134
In California
#11 of 18
Percentile
13th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Oakland sits 37 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 Oakland

  1. T#116 Baltimore, MD 14
  2. T#116 Hialeah, FL 14
  3. T#118 Oakland, CA — this page 13
  4. T#120 Boston, MA 12
  5. T#120 Long Beach, CA 12

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 Oakland

Oakland scores 61 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: