List of U.S. cities with high transit ridership

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 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.

Rank	City	Public transit commuters as % 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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