Percentage of public transport commuters in major U.S. cities in 2021 The following is a list of United States cities of 100,000+ inhabitants with the 50 highest rates of public transit commuting to work, according to data from the 2015 American Community Survey . The survey measured the percentage of commuters who take public transit, as opposed to walking , driving or riding in an automobile , bicycle , boat , or some other means.
Rank City Public transit commuters as % of population (2015) 1 New York City, New York 56.5% 2 Jersey City, New Jersey 47.6% 3 Washington, D.C. 37.4% 4 Boston, Massachusetts 33.7% 5 San Francisco, California 33.1% 6 Cambridge, Massachusetts 28.6% 7 Chicago, Illinois 27.6% 8 Newark, New Jersey 26.7% 9 Arlington, Virginia 26.4% 10 Yonkers, New York 26.4% 11 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 26.2% 12 Alexandria, Virginia 21.7% 13 Berkeley, California 21.6% 14 Oakland, California 20.3% 15 Seattle, Washington 20.1% 16 Daly City, California 19.8% 17 Baltimore, Maryland 18.6% 18 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 17.0% 19 Hartford, Connecticut 16.6% 20 Stamford, Connecticut 14.1% 21 Richmond, California 14.0% 22 Edison, New Jersey 13.4% 23 New Haven, Connecticut 13.3% 24 Minneapolis, Minnesota 13.1% 25 Portland, Oregon 12.1% 26 Paterson, New Jersey 11.9% 27 Bellevue, Washington 11.8% 28 Buffalo, New York 11.7% 29 Miami, Florida 11.4% 30 Elizabeth, New Jersey 11.3% 31 Ann Arbor, Michigan 11.2% 32 East Los Angeles, California 10.9% 33 Bridgeport, Connecticut 10.8% 34 Cleveland, Ohio 10.5% 35 Los Angeles, California 10.6% 36 Concord, California 10.0% 37 Atlanta, Georgia 9.8% 38 Naperville, Illinois 9.7% 39 St. Louis, Missouri 9.4% 40 Madison, Wisconsin 9.3% 41 Fremont, California 9.0% 42 Rochester, New York 8.8% 43 San Juan, Puerto Rico 8.7% 44 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 8.6% 45 St. Paul, Minnesota 8.5% 46 Honolulu, Hawaii 8.4% 47 Providence, Rhode Island 8.3% 48 Gresham, Oregon 8.2% 49 Cincinnati, Ohio 7.8% 50 New Orleans, Louisiana 7.8%
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