20 minutes. I live in Arlington and drive to DC. Without traffic it’s 12 minutes. With pre-pandemic-level traffic, it’s 40, and I’m in a terrible mood when it happens. I don’t know how the exurban people handle their lives without going mad.

Under 30 minutes

I used to live in the city and my commute to the suburbs took 45 minutes (half train, half walking). Sometimes I biked on nice days. I considered that a reasonable commute because I got exercise and could read. 45 minutes by car in rush hour traffic feels far worse.

I now have 2 very young kids and work from home every day. It’s been incredibly beneficial to my quality of life.

If I have to drive, 20-30 minutes max. I’ll go a little longer on public transit (~40 minutes) because I find it much more pleasant.

Pre-Covid my office was 30m to/45m home. During Covid it closed down and moved to a new office much closer and now it’s 12-15m. It’s so amazing! Dh is a solid 40 with stop and go traffic but he likes to listen to audio books during his commute so doesn’t seem to mind as much.

I'm willing to do a longer commute if I don't have to drive. I'll never go back to having a driving commute.

Now my commute is 35-45 minutes, occasionally it's 1 hour. But my longer commute is mostly a walking commute, so I enjoy it more.

Anonymous wrote:<30 minutes or less unless exercise is involved.

+1. Anything above is too long. Of course many do it, but it’s far from ideal spending 1.5+ hours both ways in a commute every day.

The pandemic permanently changed my idea of this. I’d had an hour door to door to DC near Union Station, via Metro. I would now accept no more than two days of that total in a week.

5 minutes from my bed to my desk

30-40 min of commute time for daily. Longer if it’s not everyday

Anonymous wrote:I have lived in the DC area my entire life and witnessed my parents have hour-plus commutes. I live in the burbs but commute into the city and it takes about an hour each way - same for DH. I recently posted a thread asking about a specific route and all the responses were that it would be horrible so I'm wondering now what people on here think is bad vs reasonable.

30 minutes or shorter. DH’s commute is 40 minutes and it is draining for him. 5 more months and it will be over. Can’t wait.

My commute is 1 hour door to door, but most of it is on the train. If driving, it’s anywhere from 35-90 minutes depending on the time of day. I try not to play on my phone the whole time. I listen to audiobooks and I usually knit to keep my hands occupied so I don’t reach for my phone.

30 minutes max on foot. Time is $$$.