Viz of the Week: Commuting Across America - Redfin Real Estate News

Viz of the Week: Commuting Across America

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Updated on October 6th, 2020

 
This week’s data visualization was completed in conjunction with a new analysis by Redfin that found pricier metros also tend to have a more lengthy commute time. Average commute times vary greatly across America, ranging from 41 minutes in Charles County, MD to less than 10 minutes for a handful of other (more rural) counties.
New Jersey as a whole had the longest state average at about 30 minutes, whereas Alaska’s residents commute only 11 minutes on average. New York City’s counties also stood out for having average commute times around 40 minutes.
Redfin gathered average travel time and population data at the county level from the American Community Survey (ACS) in 2014 from the Census. View the other tabs to see how commute times varied by metro region along with the latest median home sale price data by Redfin.

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Taylor Marr

Taylor Marr is the deputy chief economist on the research team at Redfin. He is passionate about housing and urban policy and an advocate for increased mobility and affordability. He laid the framework for our migration data and reports and diligently tracks the housing market and economy. Before Redfin, Taylor built financial market index funds for Vanguard at the University of Chicago. Taylor went to graduate school for international economics in Berlin, where he focused on behavioral causes of the global housing bubble and subsequent policy responses. Taylor’s research has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He was also recently the President of the Seattle Economics Council and collaborates frequently with the Fed, HUD, and the Census Bureau. Follow him on Twitter @tayloramarr or subscribe to his weekly newsletter on Substack here: https://taylormarr.substack.com

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