Cities with the Most and Fewest Public Transit Commuters

Top 25 U.S. cities with the highest and lowest percentages of public transit commuters. Pop > 20,000.

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Top 25 — Most Transit

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS
#CityPopulationTransit %
1New York, NY8,516,20245.5%
2West New York, NJ51,68339.5%
3Hoboken, NJ58,34037.6%
4Jersey City, NJ289,69137.1%
5Union City, NJ66,37535.4%
6Mount Vernon, NY72,52827.8%
7Boston, MA663,97224.0%
8Revere, MA59,93323.9%
9Yonkers, NY209,52923.0%
10Washington, DC672,07922.3%
11San Francisco, CA836,32121.4%
12Bayonne, NJ70,46820.9%
13Fort Lee, NJ39,81820.7%
14Atlantic City, NJ38,48620.7%
15Valley Stream, NY40,27820.5%
16Chelsea, MA39,46020.3%
17Brookline, MA62,82220.1%
18East Orange, NJ69,18320.0%
19Somerville, MA80,54919.6%
20Suitland, MD24,66719.4%
21Cambridge, MA117,79419.4%
22Chicago, IL2,707,64819.3%
23Malden, MA65,50919.3%
24Palisades Park, NJ20,19218.9%
25Newark, NJ307,18818.6%

Bottom 25 — Least Transit

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS
#CityPopulationTransit %
1Nocatee, FL25,5810.0%
2Rio Rico, AZ21,7980.0%
3Sun City, AZ38,0180.0%
4Sun City West, AZ27,0030.0%
5Pearl, MS27,4580.0%
6Allen Park, MI28,1280.0%
7Socastee, SC24,6290.0%
8Florence, AZ25,9610.0%
9Taylors, SC23,6860.0%
10Simpsonville, SC25,1250.0%
11Big Spring, TX24,7690.0%
12Wade Hampton, SC20,7030.0%
13Anthem, AZ22,6220.0%
14Liberty, MO30,4460.0%
15Parkland, FL35,7990.0%
16Farragut, TN24,3090.0%
17Arnold, MO20,8840.0%
18Athens, AL27,4740.0%
19Lexington, SC24,1320.0%
20Oviedo, FL39,9900.0%
21Fate, TX20,7570.0%
22Alabaster, AL33,6330.0%
23Mountain Brook, AL22,1600.0%
24Oakleaf Plantation, FL30,7370.0%
25Greenwood, SC22,5270.0%

New York, NY ranks #1 for most transit among U.S. cities with populations over 20,000, with a value of 45.5%. Rounding out the top cities are West New York, NJ, Hoboken, NJ, Jersey City, NJ. On the other end, Nocatee, FL has the least transit value at 0.0%. This ranking includes only cities with populations above 20,000. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS.

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