Here\'s the town in every US state with the longest average commute to work

longest commute town mapBusiness Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Census Bureau

  • It takes longer to get to work in some parts of the US than others.
  • Using data from the Census Bureau, we found the town in each state with the highest average travel time to work.
  • Some towns' average commutes are approaching an hour.

The length of an average commute varies across the US.

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Many of the towns, like Greenwood Lake, NY, are outer-ring suburbs or exurbs of large cities, meaning residents of those towns have to travel pretty far if they work in that central city.

Here's a table showing each of the towns, along with their mean travel time to work:

longest travel time tableBusiness Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Census Bureau

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