“Megacommuting”

A recent U.S. Census Bureau study reported on the commuting habits of U.S. full-time workers. Among its findings:

• about 8% of workers had commutes of one hour or longer (one-way) in 2011;
• New York had the highest rates of “long commutes” by 16.2% of its workers, followed by Maryland (14.8%) and New Jersey (14.6%);
• about 7.7% of Connecticut workers (125,820) commute one hour or longer;
• nearly 600,000 U.S. workers are “megacommuters,” spending at least 90 minutes driving more than 50 miles to work; and    
• the average one-way daily commute for workers across the country takes about 25 minutes.