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Metro Areas by Public Transit Commuters

Share of workers who commute by public transit — bus, subway, or rail. Reflects both transit infrastructure and urban density.

All 935 metro areas ranked by Public Transit Commuters, from highest to lowest. Click the column header to reverse sort order. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2023.

States Counties Cities Metros ZIPs
# Metro Areas Public Transit Commuters ↓
1 ZIP Code 10460 60.8%
2 ZIP Code 11220 48.2%
3 ZIP Code 11420 34.3%
4 ZIP Code 10580 28.5%
5 ZIP Code 20020 26.2%
6 ZIP Code 19140 26.0%
7 ZIP Code 11360 19.6%
8 ZIP Code 11580 18.4%
9 ZIP Code 11020 18.2%
10 ZIP Code 14260 12.3%
11 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area 10.3%
12 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area 9.0%
13 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area 8.2%
14 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 7.9%
15 ZIP Code 45220 7.6%
16 ZIP Code 11740 7.6%
17 ZIP Code 20740 7.5%
18 ZIP Code 38380 7.1%
19 ZIP Code 39480 6.8%
20 ZIP Code 36540 6.7%
21 ZIP Code 22180 6.6%
22 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area 6.5%
23 ZIP Code 30340 5.8%
24 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area 5.8%
25 Ithaca, NY Metro Area 5.4%
26 Urban Honolulu, HI Metro Area 5.3%
27 ZIP Code 45620 5.2%
28 ZIP Code 33020 5.2%
29 Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metro Area 5.2%
30 ZIP Code 23420 5.1%
31 ZIP Code 33140 5.0%
32 ZIP Code 12580 4.6%
33 ZIP Code 41180 4.6%
34 ZIP Code 12180 4.5%
35 Edwards, CO Micro Area 4.5%
36 ZIP Code 33460 4.2%
37 ZIP Code 15220 4.2%
38 Rifle, CO Micro Area 4.1%
39 ZIP Code 12520 4.1%
40 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY Metro Area 4.1%
41 ZIP Code 10980 4.0%
42 ZIP Code 10940 3.9%
43 ZIP Code 19810 3.8%
44 Ann Arbor, MI Metro Area 3.8%
45 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area 3.7%
46 Iowa City, IA Metro Area 3.7%
47 State College, PA Metro Area 3.6%
48 Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area 3.6%
49 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area 3.5%
50 Pullman, WA Micro Area 3.4%
51 ZIP Code 49820 3.4%
52 ZIP Code 33060 3.3%
53 Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area 3.3%
54 East Stroudsburg, PA Micro Area 3.3%
55 ZIP Code 12540 3.2%
56 Ames, IA Metro Area 3.2%
57 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area 3.2%
58 ZIP Code 29180 3.2%
59 New Haven, CT Metro Area 3.1%
60 Boulder, CO Metro Area 3.1%
61 Moultrie, GA Micro Area 3.0%
62 ZIP Code 22060 3.0%
63 Hudson, NY Micro Area 2.9%
64 ZIP Code 12780 2.8%
65 ZIP Code 20180 2.8%
66 ZIP Code 30060 2.8%
67 ZIP Code 21220 2.6%
68 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area 2.6%
69 Madison, WI Metro Area 2.6%
70 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area 2.6%
71 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area 2.6%
72 Gainesville, FL Metro Area 2.5%
73 Clewiston, FL Micro Area 2.5%
74 Rochester, MN Metro Area 2.5%
75 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area 2.4%
76 ZIP Code 48060 2.4%
77 Fallon, NV Micro Area 2.4%
78 Juneau, AK Micro Area 2.4%
79 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area 2.4%
80 Rock Springs, WY Micro Area 2.4%
81 Hemlock Farms, PA Micro Area 2.3%
82 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area 2.3%
83 ZIP Code 11940 2.3%
84 Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area 2.3%
85 ZIP Code 11980 2.3%
86 ZIP Code 33180 2.3%
87 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area 2.2%
88 ZIP Code 14220 2.2%
89 ZIP Code 43320 2.2%
90 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metro Area 2.2%
91 ZIP Code 15380 2.2%
92 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area 2.2%
93 Cleveland, OH Metro Area 2.1%
94 ZIP Code 14620 2.1%
95 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Metro Area 2.1%
96 Sterling, CO Micro Area 2.1%
97 New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area 2.1%
98 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metro Area 2.0%
99 ZIP Code 21740 2.0%
100 Houghton, MI Micro Area 2.0%