How long is the commute in Boston?

Average travel time to work in Boston, MA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Boston gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 24.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 34.1
• Carpooled: 5.4
• Transit: 24
• Walked: 13.8
• From home: 18.8

Average commute (minutes)

• Boston: 24.6
• Suffolk County: 25.5
• MA: 24.4
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 18.8% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 1.6 minutes longer than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.6% of workers in 2015 to 18.8% in the latest estimates.