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.
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Rank City Public transit commuters % of population (2015)
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%
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Percentage of public transport commuters in major U.S. cities in 2021 
