2024 Compare Cities Commuting:
Santa Barbara, CA vs New York, NY

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- The average commute for residents of New York is 24.0% longer than it is for residents of Santa Barbara.
- 18.6% fewer residents of New York work from home compared to residents of Santa Barbara.
 Santa Barbara, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Commute Time174127
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 Commute Mode
 Santa Barbara, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Auto (alone)65.2%22.4%73.2%
 Carpool9.8%4.4%8.6%
 Mass Transit2.8%49.7%4.2%
 Bicycle2.9%1.4%0.5%
 Walk4.6%9.5%2.5%
 Work at Home13.1%10.7%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Santa Barbara, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.4.1%1.1%2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.16.3%2.9%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.27.3%5.2%13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.22.5%7.1%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.13.0%9.1%14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.5.6%4.5%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.3.7%16.3%13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.0.7%3.6%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.1.1%7.2%4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.2.6%16.3%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.1.6%19.2%6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.1.7%7.6%2.9%
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 3 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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