2026 Compare Cities Commuting:
Richmond, CA vs New York, NY

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Highlights
- The average commute for residents of New York is 6.5% longer than it is for residents of Richmond.
- 15.5% more residents of New York work from home compared to residents of Richmond.
 Richmond, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock4127
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 Richmond, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Auto (alone)64.4%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock4.4%8.6%
 Mass Transit11.2%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock1.4%0.5%
 Walk1.4%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock10.7%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Richmond, CANew York, NYUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.4%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock2.9%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.9.3%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock7.1%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.11.5%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock4.5%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.15.0%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock3.6%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.5.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock16.3%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.12.7%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock7.6%2.9%
Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 6 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  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 5 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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