The average commute for Bostonians is more than 31 minutes, one of the lengthiest in the country, according to new US Census data.

In 2015, it took 31.4 minutes, on average, for Boston workers to reach their jobs, up from 30.8 minutes in 2014, and 28.4 minutes in 2010.

Boston recorded the seventh-longest commute in the country, among the 50 largest cities.

New York had the longest, at more than 40 minutes. Next were Chicago, 35 minutes; San Francisco, 33.9; Philadelphia, 33.1; Oakland, 32.3; and Baltimore, 31.8.

Boston’s commute times eclipsed Los Angeles (31 minutes); Washington, D.C., (just under 30 minutes); and Miami, 29.6.

For the Boston metro area, the average commute is almost identical, and ranks as the sixth longest in the country, according to estimates from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Among metro areas, New Yorkers again had the longest commutes, coming in at 36.3 minutes.

Next were metro Washington, D.C., 34.4 minutes; metro San Francisco, 33.2; metro Riverside, Calif., 31.9; and metro Chicago, 31.8.

Nationwide, the average commute in 2015 took 26.4 minutes, up from 26 minutes in 2014 and 25.3 minutes in 2010.

Matt Rocheleau