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Traffic & commutes in Washington

Washington ranks T#120 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 12 — Quiet. That puts it in the 11th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in District of Columbia.

traffic-flow score
12
Quiet
National rank
T#120 of 134
In District of Columbia
#1 of 1
Percentile
11th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Washington sits 38 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 Washington

  1. T#118 Garland, TX 13
  2. T#118 Oakland, CA 13
  3. T#120 Washington, DC — this page 12
  4. T#123 Fremont, CA 11
  5. T#123 San Francisco, CA 11

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 Washington

Washington scores 93 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: