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.

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

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.