Think Traffic In Foxborough Is Getting Worse? U.S. Census Agrees

FOXBOROUGH, MA — If you're on the roads in Foxborough, heading to work, and it's taking a bit longer to get there, chances are you're right. According to new U.S. Census data, the average commute time is longer than it was in recent years.

According to data the Census bureau recently released, Foxborough residents had commute times to work of 33.9 minutes in 2016. That's in line with the overall trend for longer commutes: in 2011, the average Foxborough commuter's trip to and from work was 29.3 minutes.

That's about an extra 4 minutes, 30 seconds on your drive to work. While it might not seem like much, consider two trips a day, five work days per week and 50 work weeks in a year. That 4:30 means Foxborough commuters are spending an extra 18 hours, 45 minutes per year in traffic than they were five years ago.

And Foxborough residents aren't alone when it comes to spending time in the car. In Massachusetts, average commute times were 29 minutes in 2016, up 2.83% from 2015 and 4.88% since 2010. Nationally, the average commute time was 26.6 minutes in 2016, up from 25.9 minutes in 2015 and 25.2 minutes in 2010.

By Dave Copeland

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