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Table 3. American Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Accessibility to Jobs by Automobile in 2010.

Rank 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 50 min 60 min Weighted Average
1 Salt Lake San Jose San Francisco Los Angeles Los Angeles New York Los Angeles
2 Columbus San Francisco Los Angeles New York New York Los Angeles New York
3 San Jose Columbus New York Washington Chicago Chicago San Francisco
4 Grand Rapids Las Vegas Phoenix Miami Dallas Boston Washington
5 Raleigh Los Angeles Washington San Francisco Philadelphia Dallas San Jose
6 San Francisco Salt Lake Miami Houston Boston Philadelphia Phoenix
7 Las Vegas Raleigh Minneapolis Philadelphia Washington Washington Miami
8 Los Angeles Milwaukee Denver Dallas Houston Houston Salt Lake
9 Milwaukee Riverside Baltimore Chicago Atlanta Atlanta Chicago
10 Riverside New York Riverside Minneapolis Miami Miami Columbus
11 New York Austin Pittsburgh Phoenix San Francisco San Francisco Dallas
12 Honolulu Phoenix Houston Boston Detroit Detroit Philadelphia
13 Austin Charlotte Philadelphia Detroit Minneapolis Minneapolis Houston
14 Phoenix Cleveland Dallas Atlanta Phoenix Phoenix Minneapolis
15 Charlotte Orlando Chicago Seattle Seattle Seattle Las Vegas
16 Cleveland Washington Cleveland St. Louis St. Louis St. Louis Riverside
17 Oklahoma City Grand Rapids Portland San Diego San Diego San Diego Boston
18 Orlando San Antonio Cincinnati Denver Denver Denver Raleigh
19 Washington Miami Orlando Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Denver
20 Rochester Nashville San Jose Riverside Riverside Riverside Baltimore
21 San Antonio Portland Kansas City Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Cleveland
22 Miami Minneapolis Boston Tampa Tampa Tampa Milwaukee
23 New Orleans Denver San Diego Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Orlando
24 Nashville Kansas City St. Louis Portland Portland Portland Detroit
25 Portland Baltimore Detroit Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Pittsburgh
26 Minneapolis Cincinnati Tampa Orlando Orlando Orlando Charlotte
27 Denver Oklahoma City Las Vegas San Jose San Jose San Jose Portland
28 Kansas City Memphis Charlotte Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City Kansas City
29 Baltimore Pittsburgh Milwaukee Las Vegas Las Vegas Las Vegas Cincinnati
30 Cincinnati New Orleans Columbus Charlotte Charlotte Charlotte Austin
31 Memphis Houston Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis St. Louis
32 Pittsburgh Rochester San Antonio Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Grand Rapids
33 Houston Buffalo Atlanta Columbus Columbus Columbus San Diego
34 Buffalo Philadelphia Nashville San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio Atlanta
35 Philadelphia Dallas Seattle Nashville Nashville Nashville San Antonio
36 Dallas Louisville Salt Lake Salt Lake Salt Lake Salt Lake Nashville
37 Louisville Chicago Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Tampa
38 Chicago Jacksonville Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Seattle
39 Jacksonville Providence Austin Austin Austin Austin Oklahoma City
40 Providence Hartford Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Norfolk Memphis
41 Hartford Boston Providence Providence Providence Providence Sacramento
42 Boston San Diego Hartford Hartford Hartford Hartford Indianapolis
43 San Diego Sacramento Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville Providence
44 Sacramento St. Louis Memphis Memphis Memphis Memphis Rochester
45 St. Louis Detroit Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville New Orleans
46 Detroit Tampa Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Louisville
47 Tampa Norfolk Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Hartford
48 Norfolk Honolulu Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Norfolk
49 Indianapolis Indianapolis New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Buffalo
50 Atlanta Atlanta Rochester Rochester Rochester Rochester Jacksonville