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

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.