The 20 cities where Americans are saving the most time by not commuting

American workers in 2018 spent almost two hours a week just on commuting to work.Reuters / Robert Galbraith

• As many Americans are staying at home during the novel coronavirus pandemic, workers are saving time that they would normally spend commuting to and from their offices.
• Business Insider used data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to find which cities people spend the most time a week commuting to work, on average.
• Seven cities in California ranked in the 20 cities with the longest average weekly commute.
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While many Americans have been adjusting to working from home during the novel coronavirus outbreak, one positive is that people are saving time and money that they usually would spend on their commute.

According to Census Bureau data, the average commute time to work across US metro areas was an hour and 56.7 minutes per week in 2018.

To determine which metro area residents are saving the most time from not commuting during the pandemic, we used data from the Census Bureau's 1-year American Community Survey estimates for 2018, the most recent year available. For each metro area, we calculated the average weekly one-way commute to work, assuming a five-day work week, using the average daily commute time in minutes for workers age 16 and over.

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was at the top of the list with an average weekly commute to work of 3 hours and 12.5 minutes in 2018. New York and Stockton, California, followed closely behind.

Read on to find out the 20 cities with the longest average weekly commutes to work. We also included the share of residents who did not work from home as of 2018 and the share of residents whose daily commute to work was at least an hour.