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San Jose, CA · the CityFunIndex

Traffic & commutes in San Jose

San Jose ranks T#111 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 17 — Quiet. That puts it in the 18th percentile nationally and #9 of 18 in California.

traffic-flow score
17
Quiet
National rank
T#111 of 134
In California
#9 of 18
Percentile
18th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; San Jose sits 33 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 Jose

  1. #109 Fort Worth, TX 19
  2. #110 Houston, TX 18
  3. T#111 San Jose, CA — this page 17
  4. T#113 Anaheim, CA 16
  5. T#113 Glendale, AZ 16

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 Jose

San Jose scores 62 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: