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San Diego, CA · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in San Diego

San Diego ranks #74 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 45 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 46th percentile nationally and #3 of 18 in California.

traffic-flow score
45
Some Fun
National rank
#74 of 134
In California
#3 of 18
Percentile
46th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; San Diego sits 5 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 San Diego

  1. T#71 Virginia Beach, VA 47
  2. #73 Wilmington, DE 46
  3. #74 San Diego, CA — this page 45
  4. T#75 Austin, TX 44
  5. T#75 Bakersfield, CA 44

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 San Diego

San Diego scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: