Associated Press
Traffic in Detroit, Michigan.
- Commuting costs vary from state to state depending on what adults spend on both gasoline and transportation services.
- Depending on the state, adults in the US can spend as low as $2,000 or as high as $5,000 annually on
transportation . - Additionally, different states have different percentages for workers who drive, use public transportation, and other means to get to work each day.
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Americans know that commuting is costly. Annual transportation spending in the United States costs workers thousands each year.
Depending on the state, adults in the US can spend as little as $2,000 or as much as $5,000 annually on transportation. Many of these states include metro areas that qualify for the best US cities to commute from - and some of the worst.
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INSIDER's data team pulled information from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis to calculate transportation spending from adults in all 50 states, plus Washington, DC. The numbers reflect how much Americans adults in each state spend on gas and other transportation services, which include motor vehicle maintenance and repair, motor vehicle rentals, taxicabs, other road transportation, water transportation, intercity buses, intra-city mass transit, and air travel. It's also important to note that even within the same state, the cost of commuting can vary significantly from city to city.
Additionally, we cited statistics from the US Census Bureau, whose 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates show the mean travel time to work in every state. This most recent commuting data included the number of workers 16 years and older in each state, along with the percentage of this working population who drove alone, carpooled, used public transportation, walked to work, or worked from home.
Keep reading for a look at how much money people spent on commuting in each state, in order of least to greatest.