The commutes workers would pay the most to avoid
$6,116
$6,116 a year is what workers would give up to avoid commuting on Route 6/10 Interchange in Providence — the highest figure in the ranking.
n = 3,017 U.S. workers · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
What it means
The full ranking: #1 Route 6/10 Interchange in Providence — $6,116; #2 I-95 in Providence — $5,977; #3 I-95 through the Wilmington Viaduct — $5,261; #4 I-29 in Fargo — $5,230; #5 US-202/Concord Pike in Wilmington — $4,997; #6 I-66 inside the Beltway in Arlington/Washington — $4,931; #7 I-10 at the I-12 Split in Baton Rouge — $4,882; #8 Cross Bronx Expressway — $4,850; #9 Chinden Boulevard/US-20/26 in Boise–Caldwell — $4,806; #10 DE Route 1 between I-95 and Christiana — $4,733.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,017
- Population
- U.S. workers
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- What Workers Would Pay to Avoid Commuting
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "The commutes workers would pay the most to avoid" Survey of 3,017 U.S. workers, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/the-commutes-workers-would-pay-the-most-to-avoid
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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