Travel Time to Work

Travel time to work is the average number of minutes it takes for an individual to commute to work. The higher the commute time, the more negative the impact on neighborhood health. Travel time to work is calculated using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.

A long commute is related to risk factors for poor health such as lack of physical activity, unhealthy diets, and sleep deprivation. Long commutes are also related to poor health outcomes such as obesity, asthma, stress, exhaustion, low self-rated health, absence from work, and physical ailments such as back pain. Long automobile commutes also contribute to traffic congestion and air pollution. Travel time to work is included in the employment opportunities domain.

Neighborhoodsort descending Indicator Value Rank
Armatage 22.4 minutes 46
Audubon Park 22.1 minutes 42
Bancroft 24.1 minutes 73
Beltrami 23.4 minutes 63
Bottineau 23.1 minutes 56
Bryant 25.8 minutes 84
Bryn - Mawr 20.4 minutes 15
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 23.9 minutes 72
Camden Industrial 23.5 minutes 67
Cedar - Isles - Dean 21.1 minutes 23
Cedar Riverside 19.5 minutes 7
Central 23.8 minutes 71
Cleveland 21.8 minutes 36
Columbia Park 24.8 minutes 79
Como 20.9 minutes 18
Cooper 19.5 minutes 7
Corcoran 21 minutes 22
Diamond Lake 21.7 minutes 32
Downtown East 20 minutes 12
Downtown West 18.3 minutes 3
East Calhoun (ECCO) 22 minutes 41
East Harriet 23.7 minutes 70
East Isles 21.3 minutes 28
East Phillips 28.6 minutes 87
Elliot Park 20.8 minutes 17
Ericsson 21.9 minutes 37
Field 22.7 minutes 51
Folwell 24.3 minutes 76
Fulton 23.1 minutes 56
Hale 19.8 minutes 9
Harrison 25.5 minutes 83
Hawthorne 27 minutes 86
Hiawatha 21.9 minutes 37
Holland 23.5 minutes 67
Howe 21.9 minutes 37
Humboldt Industrial Area 22.4 minutes 46
Jordan 24.1 minutes 73
Keewaydin 20.9 minutes 18
Kenny 20.4 minutes 15
Kenwood 19.3 minutes 5
King Field 22.6 minutes 49
Lind - Bohanon 24.5 minutes 78
Linden Hills 21.2 minutes 26
Logan Park 24.9 minutes 81
Longfellow 21.6 minutes 31
Loring Park 19.9 minutes 10
Lowry Hill 20 minutes 12
Lowry Hill East 22.8 minutes 54
Lyndale 23.2 minutes 59
Lynnhurst 22.9 minutes 55
Marcy Holmes 18.9 minutes 4
Marshall Terrace 24.8 minutes 79
McKinley 21.2 minutes 26
Mid - City Industrial 20.9 minutes 18
Midtown Phillips 24.2 minutes 75
Minnehaha 23.4 minutes 63
Morris Park 21.7 minutes 32
Near - North 23.3 minutes 60
Nicollet Island - East Bank 19.4 minutes 6
North Loop 20.9 minutes 18
Northeast Park 23.4 minutes 63
Northrop 21.7 minutes 32
Page 20.1 minutes 14
Phillips West 26.1 minutes 85
Powderhorn Park 23.3 minutes 60
Prospect Park - East River Road 17.7 minutes 1
Regina 25.2 minutes 82
Seward 19.9 minutes 10
Sheridan 22.1 minutes 42
Shingle Creek 22.4 minutes 46
St. Anthony East 24.3 minutes 76
St. Anthony West 21.7 minutes 32
Standish 21.5 minutes 29
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 21.1 minutes 23
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 22.2 minutes 45
Tangletown 21.1 minutes 23
University of Minnesota 17.7 minutes 1
Ventura Village 23.5 minutes 67
Victory 22.6 minutes 49
Waite Park 23.1 minutes 56
Webber - Camden 21.9 minutes 37
Wenonah 23.3 minutes 60
West Calhoun 21.5 minutes 29
Whittier 23.4 minutes 63
Willard - Hay 22.1 minutes 42
Windom 22.7 minutes 51
Windom Park 22.7 minutes 51

Key Citations:
1. American Community Survey (ACS), 2011. U.S. Census Bureau.

2. An, Jane, et al. “Issue Brief #9 Exploring the Social Determinants of Health; Work, Workplaces and Health” (2011). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

3. Cervero, Robert and Michael Duncan. “Which Reduces Vehicle Travel More: Jobs-Housing Balance or Retail-Housing Mixing?” (2008). Journal of the American Planning Association.

4. Christian, Thomas J. “Trade-offs Between Commuting Time and Health-Related Activities” (2012). Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.

5. McConnell, Rob, et al. “Asthma and School Commuting Time” (2010). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

6. National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), 2009. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

7. Redmond, Lothlorien S. and Patricia L. Mokhtarian. “The positive utility of the commute: modeling ideal commute time and relative desired commute amount” (2001) Transportation, Kluwer Academic Publishers.