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List of U.S. cities with high transit ridership

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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 highest rates of public transit commuting to work, according to data from the American Community Survey. The table shows 2015 baseline data alongside the most recent 2024 estimates, ranked by 2024 percentage. 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
as % of population (2015)	title=Table B08301: Means of Transportation to Work	url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2024.B08301	website=data.census.gov	publisher=United States Census Bureau	access-date=January 11, 2026	date=2024}} ACS 1-year estimates only include areas with populations of 65,000 or more.
1	New York City, New York	56.5%	48.7%
2	Jersey City, New Jersey	47.6%	45.1%
3	Mount Vernon, New York		28.4%
4	Washington, D.C.	37.4%	26.6%
5	Somerville, Massachusetts		26.1%
6	Boston, Massachusetts	33.7%	25.3%
7	San Francisco, California	33.1%	25.0%
8	Newark, New Jersey	26.7%	23.4%
9	Bayonne, New Jersey		23.0%
10	Yonkers, New York	26.4%	22.7%
11	Malden, Massachusetts		21.0%
12	Chicago, Illinois	27.6%	20.5%
13	Quincy, Massachusetts		20.5%
14	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	26.2%	20.1%
15	Arlington, Virginia	26.4%	19.5%
16	Cambridge, Massachusetts	28.6%	19.2%
17	East Orange, New Jersey		19.0%
18	Hartford, Connecticut	16.6%	16.0%
19	Oakland, California	20.3%	15.5%
20	Lynn, Massachusetts		15.4%
21	Seattle, Washington	20.1%	15.0%
22	Evanston, Illinois		14.8%
23	Alexandria, Virginia	21.7%	14.4%
24	Berkeley, California	21.6%	14.2%
25	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	17.0%	13.8%
26	Passaic, New Jersey		13.3%
27	Daly City, California	19.8%	13.2%
28	Alameda, California		11.2%
29	Elizabeth, New Jersey	11.3%	10.1%
30	Baltimore, Maryland	18.6%	9.7%
31	Norwalk, Connecticut		9.7%
32	Newton, Massachusetts		9.5%
33	Honolulu, Hawaii	8.4%	8.2%
34	Richmond, California	14.0%	8.0%
35	St. Louis, Missouri	9.4%	7.9%
36	New Haven, Connecticut	13.3%	7.8%
37	Miami, Florida	11.4%	7.7%
38	Bellevue, Washington	11.8%	7.7%
39	Bridgeport, Connecticut	10.8%	7.6%
40	Paterson, New Jersey	11.9%	7.6%
41	Madison, Wisconsin	9.3%	7.6%
42	Buffalo, New York	11.7%	7.4%
43	East Los Angeles, California	10.9%	7.2%
44	Cleveland, Ohio	10.5%	7.2%
45	Minneapolis, Minnesota	13.1%	7.1%
46	Portland, Oregon	12.1%	7.1%
47	Naperville, Illinois	9.7%	6.9%
48	Gresham, Oregon	8.2%	6.6%
49	Providence, Rhode Island	8.3%	6.4%
50	Los Angeles, California	10.6%	6.2%
51	Atlanta, Georgia	9.8%	5.7%
52	St. Paul, Minnesota	8.5%	5.7%
53	Fremont, California	9.0%	5.5%
54	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	8.6%	5.4%
55	Rochester, New York	8.8%	5.2%
56	New Orleans, Louisiana	7.8%	4.1%
57	Cincinnati, Ohio	7.8%	3.9%
58	San Juan, Puerto Rico	8.7%	3.7%
—	Stamford, Connecticut	14.1%
—	Edison, New Jersey	13.4%
—	Ann Arbor, Michigan	11.2%
—	Concord, California	10.0%

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References

(2024). "Table B08301: Means of Transportation to Work". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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