My area came in 3rd, but the 36 minute one-way commute average is far below my average. I would kill for a 36 minute commute. The morning is about 65 minutes. The evening is usually 60 to 90 minutes. Yes I have neck and back pain. Yes I’m exhausted when I get home and have no energy to exercise. Yes I continue to do this because I have two kids in college and need healthcare for a multitude of illnesses affecting my family.
New York and Los Angeles may be known for the most traffic-strewn highways, but the metropolitan area with the longest average one-way commute is East Stroudsburg, Penn.
That city topped the chart with 38.6 minutes one way, according to the Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey 5-year estimates, ahead of New York and Jersey City with 37.1 minutes and New York and Newark areas with 35.9 minutes. Silver Spring, Md. came in fourth with 34.6 minutes one way, with Washington, D.C. right behind it at 34.4 minutes.
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