How much of a nightmare is Dallas-Fort Worth for commuters? Here’s what this study says
North Texas was recently named what many residents have already picked up on: a commuter’s nightmare.
HireAHelper named the combined efforts of Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington as number six on a list of “Cities to Avoid if You Hate Commuting.”
Commuters in North Texas will have to fight their way through traffic until an adequate regional transit system makes its way to the western half of the Metroplex.
But fret not, North Texas wasn’t the only Lone Star State grouping that made the list.
To determine the list, the folks over at HireAHelper researched U.S. Census Bureau data and broke each metro area down by a few factors from average one-way commute time, to share of workers who use private transportation.
Is North Texas a nightmare for commuters?
- Rank on list: No. 6
- Composite score: 75.0
- Average one-way commute time: 27.3 minutes
- Share of workers who commute using private transportation: 76.2%
- Diversity of times that people leave for work: Average time
- Share of occupied households with access to a vehicle: 95.5%
- Population density of people per square mile: 894.4
Commuting characteristics vary by cities and states, with people accounting for it when considering possible living locations, according to HireAHelper. Only metropolitan areas with at least 100,000 people were included in the report.
Other Texas cities making the commuter nightmare list
- No. 14- San Antonio and New Braunfels
- No. 7- Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land
- No. 5- Austin, Round Rock and Georgetown
The metro area that topped the list of cities to avoid if people hate commuting are the Florida cities Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford. California cities’ Riverside, San Bernardino and Ontario, were next on the list.
North Texas may be a commuter’s worst nightmare according to this list, but public transportation is plenty abundant in the form of both Trinity Metro and DART.
