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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
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%
