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Traffic & commutes in Wichita

Wichita ranks T#15 of 134 US cities for easy commutes, with a traffic-flow score of 89 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 90th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Kansas.

traffic-flow score
89
Exceptional
National rank
T#15 of 134
In Kansas
#1 of 1
Percentile
90th

The typical city scores 50 for easy commutes; Wichita sits 39 points above 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 Wichita

  1. #13 Boulder, CO 91
  2. #14 Asheville, NC 90
  3. T#15 Wichita, KS — this page 89
  4. #17 Hilton Head Island, SC 88
  5. #18 Little Rock, AR 87

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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 Wichita

Wichita scores 15 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: