What is the average time spent commuting to work?

In 2019, the average one-way commute in the United States increased to a new high of 27.6 minutes. In 2006, the average travel time for the nation was 25.0 minutes. The increase of about 2.6 minutes between 2006 and 2019 represents an increase of about 10\% over 14 years.

Is it worth commuting an hour to work?

Originally Answered: Is one hour commute to work and another hour going back home everyday worth it? If you like the job, and the pay is good, the answer is yes. Of course if you work really long hours, your sleep may suffer. If you take public transit (bus or train) you may be able to catch a few zzzs while commuting.

Is a 30 minute commute to work long?

30 minutes is a short drive to work. I live in a city where one hour or one hour and a half are common driving times from home to work and from work to home. So if you drive only 30 minutes you are fortunate. I went from a 2 minute “commute” to a 30-45 minute commute, depending on traffic.

Is a 90 minute commute too long?

The U.S. Census Bureau defines extreme commuters as workers who travel 90 minutes or more each way to work. That’s 1 in 36 workers with extreme commutes today. Such an arrangement clearly isn’t for everyone. But for 2.8\% of all commuters, extreme commuting is simply business as usual.

Which country commutes the most?

Average commuting time: 25 minutes Employed people in Latvia had the longest average commuting time (33 minutes), followed by Hungary and Luxembourg (both 29 minutes). The largest share of Member States had a commuting time between 24 and 28 minutes (17 countries).

How long do people stay in traffic?

According to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Urban Mobility Scorecard, the average American commuting to and from an urban center will spend 42 hours sitting in traffic every year. (If you worked for 35 years and this remained constant, you’d be spending more than 61 days stuck behind the wheel.

How many hours each year does the average American waste sitting in traffic?

In the report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, researchers determined the average American commuter wastes 54 extra hours a year in traffic delays. By “extra hours” they mean the extra time spent traveling at congested speeds rather than free-flow speeds. That’s two and a half days.