Percent of U.S. Population Working Outside State of Residence

February 22, 2016 Alex

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In 2019, the average one-way commute in the U.S. increased to 27.6 minutes. For comparison, in 2006, the average voyage time for the country was 25.0 minutes. The rise of about 2.6 minutes between 2006 and 2019 shows a growth of about 10 percent over 14 years.

In 2006, 14.8 percent of commuters said voyage times of less than 10 minutes; this group dropped to 11.9% by 2019. Contrariwise, the percentage of employees reporting 60 minutes or longer commutes rose from 7.9 percent in 2006 to 9.8 percent in 2019.

The prevalence of employees, about 57 percent, left for work between 6:00 a.m. and 8:29 a.m. Among this group, those departing between 6:00 a.m. and 6:29 a.m. registered the longest average travel time to work at 32.8 minutes.

The most extended average travel times were connected with different forms of public transportation. For instance, employees who traveled to work by bus had an average commute of 46.6 minutes.

According to the American Community Survey, about 4.5 million workers (about 2.9% of workers) work outside of their state of residence.

Below is the map of the percentage of the American population working outside their state of residence created by Reddit user BroIBeliveAtYou.