Cities ranked by transit access — heavy/light rail, subway, and extensive bus networks. Top 50.
Only ~60 US cities have meaningful rail-based transit. The top of this list (NYC, Chicago, DC, Boston, SF, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark) supports a real car-free lifestyle. The middle tier (Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, LA, Denver, Detroit) has solid light rail + bus. Everywhere else is bus or worse.
1New York, NYpop 8,478,072 · home $816,07895transitExcellent transit62momentum 2Chicago, ILpop 2,721,308 · home $324,18388transitExcellent transit63momentum 3Washington, DCpop 702,250 · home $580,17388transitExcellent transit36momentum 4Boston, MApop 673,458 · home $793,15488transitExcellent transit56momentum 6Philadelphia, PApop 1,573,916 · home $233,81484transitExcellent transit59momentum 7Hoboken, NJpop 59,149 · home $852,67382transitExcellent transit54momentum 8Jersey City, NJpop 302,824 · home $664,93980transitExcellent transit61momentum 9Newark, NJpop 317,303 · home $482,67575transitGood transit61momentum 10Oakland, CApop 443,554 · home $718,62172transitGood transit30momentum 11Seattle, WApop 780,995 · home $871,59970transitGood transit51momentum 12Atlanta, GApop 520,070 · home $387,75270transitGood transit50momentum 13Berkeley, CApop 121,749 · home $1,451,22270transitGood transit41momentum 14Portland, ORpop 635,749 · home $538,68768transitGood transit44momentum 15Los Angeles, CApop 3,878,704 · home $956,46565transitGood transit53momentum 16Baltimore, MDpop 568,271 · home $191,66865transitGood transit54momentum 17Denver, COpop 729,019 · home $541,89962transitGood transit41momentum 18Miami, FLpop 487,014 · home $580,99660transitGood transit66momentum 19Minneapolis, MNpop 428,579 · home $334,71960transitGood transit59momentum 20Cleveland, OHpop 365,379 · home $117,70360transitGood transit58momentum 21St. Paul, MNpop 307,465 · home $297,02158transitSome transit58momentum 22San Diego, CApop 1,404,452 · home $1,006,26155transitSome transit56momentum 23Pittsburgh, PApop 307,668 · home $240,53855transitSome transit60momentum 24St. Louis, MOpop 279,695 · home $186,42755transitSome transit57momentum 26Dallas, TXpop 1,326,087 · home $311,95752transitSome transit50momentum 27Buffalo, NYpop 276,617 · home $241,38052transitSome transit70momentum 28Houston, TXpop 2,390,125 · home $265,06250transitSome transit52momentum 29San Jose, CApop 997,368 · home $1,452,60950transitSome transit56momentum 30Detroit, MIpop 645,705 · home $76,48850transitSome transit49momentum 31Sacramento, CApop 535,798 · home $480,54850transitSome transit50momentum 32Madison, WIpop 285,300 · home $429,25350transitSome transit71momentum 33Phoenix, AZpop 1,673,164 · home $411,32348transitSome transit52momentum 34Charlotte, NCpop 943,476 · home $399,07048transitSome transit65momentum 35San Antonio, TXpop 1,526,656 · home $251,03545transitSome transit50momentum 37Fort Worth, TXpop 1,008,106 · home $299,65545transitSome transit56momentum 39El Paso, TXpop 681,723 · home $235,99445transitSome transit66momentum 40Memphis, TNpop 610,919 · home $147,30645transitSome transit47momentum 41Milwaukee, WIpop 563,531 · home $226,45645transitSome transit70momentum 42Albuquerque, NMpop 560,326 · home $346,49645transitSome transit64momentum 43Tucson, AZpop 554,013 · home $324,94645transitSome transit56momentum 44Fresno, CApop 550,105 · home $391,44245transitSome transit65momentum 45Mesa, AZpop 517,151 · home $435,67045transitSome transit53momentum 46Austin, TXpop 993,588 · home $511,26442transitSome transit34momentum 47Kansas City, MOpop 516,032 · home $253,31942transitSome transit67momentum 48Cincinnati, OHpop 314,915 · home $252,78440transitSome transit68momentum 49Columbus, OHpop 933,263 · home $248,74938transitMinimal transit65momentum 50Las Vegas, NVpop 678,922 · home $426,06938transitMinimal transit60momentum Methodology: Hardcoded list of known major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Not based on Transit Score™.