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American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with record-high gas prices, workers’ daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to count as part of the workday.
Even worse are travel times for “super commuters”—that unlucky 10% of Americans traveling more than one hour each way to punch a clock.
Stacker compiled statistics about the average commute in Stockton using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics are calculated based on 2020 5-year estimates.
The longest commute times in the country can predictably be found around East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the New York City metro area, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, Virginia, and the Bay Area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 American Community Survey.
Stockton Snapshot: Commutes in Stockton
Average commute: 35.2 minutes
Workers with a 1+ hour commute: 21.9%
Workers who drive to work: 90.8%
Workers who carpool to work: 12.2%
Workers who take public transportation to work: 1.6%
Workers who work from home: 5.2%
Left for work from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.: 23.6%
Worked outside county of residence: 56.97%
Digging Deeper: Commutes across the US
Metros with the worst average commute:
1. East Stroudsburg, PA: 40 minutes
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA: 37 minutes
3. Stockton, CA: 35.2 minutes
4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: 34.8 minutes
5. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA: 34.1 minutes
Metros with the best average commute:
1. Grand Forks, ND-MN: 15.7 minutes
2. Walla Walla, WA: 15.8 minutes
3. Dubuque, IA: 16.4 minutes
4. Cheyenne, WY: 16.4 minutes
5. Great Falls, MT: 16.5 minutes
