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The average travel time to get to work in Malvern is now 26.6 minutes, making it the worst city for commuting in Arkansas, according to a new analysis from the insurance comparison website Insurify.

The Insurify analysis ranked the city in each state with the worst commuting conditions, based on traffic patterns, municipal congestion levels and driving infraction rates. Only Rhode Island was not included in the study due to insufficient municipal data. 

Cities were assigned a commute difficulty score, based on a zero-to-100 scale, with higher scores indicating more difficult commuting conditions. Malvern earned a commute difficulty score of 35, which was 60% higher than the state average.

Among the 870 U.S. cities analyzed in the study, the average difficulty score was 27. And the average time to commute to work nationwide is 22.8 minutes, according to Census Bureau data. 

Researchers expect commute times to go up in 2021 as more people go back to their workplaces and do less telecommuting in the wake of people getting the coronavirus vaccination.

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The Most Difficult Cities for Commuting in Each State

City	State	Commute Difficulty Score	How Much Worse Than State Average	Mean Travel Time to Work (Minutes)
Jaspar	Alabama	59.2	63%	28.4
Anchorage	Alaska	30.2	12%	22.3
Prescott	Arizona	54.4	41%	23.4
Malvern	Arkansas	35.0	60%	26.6
Long Beach	California	98.0	47%	30.9
Craig	Colorado	59.2	38%	25.6
Norwalk	Connecticut	49.6	41%	31.3
Wilmington	Delaware	49.6	18%	30.2
Fort Lauderdale	Florida	78.6	51%	29.9
Cedartown	Georgia	59.2	62%	27.9
Urban Honolulu	Hawaii	59.2	41%	29.1
Boise City	Idaho	54.4	51%	22.2
Naperville	Illinois	49.6	52%	32.0
New Castle	Indiana	59.2	64%	27.3
Cedar Rapids	Iowa	30.2	27%	19.8
Wichita	Kansas	35.0	56%	19.9
Bardstown	Kentucky	35.0	49%	26.2
Baton Rouge	Louisiana	64.1	53%	27.0
Portland	Maine	44.7	33%	25.0
Hagerstown	Maryland	49.6	24%	30.7
Cambridge	Massachusetts	39.9	19%	31.8
Flint	Michigan	64.1	66%	26.2
Faribault	Minnesota	54.4	53%	23.5
Picayune	Mississippi	49.6	59%	34.2
Farmington	Missouri	49.6	66%	25.4
Kalispell	Montana	54.4	50%	19.6
Fremont	Nebraska	30.2	38%	19.2
Elko	Nevada	59.2	29%	30.1
Concord	New Hampshire	44.7	28%	27.1
Jersey City	New Jersey	93.2	45%	37.2
Las Vegas	New Mexico	44.7	44%	25.2
New York City	New York	93.2	69%	37.2
Albemarle	North Carolina	59.2	60%	27.0
Dickinson	North Dakota	25.3	26%	18.5
Mount Vernon	Ohio	59.2	61%	26.8
Weatherford	Oklahoma	30.2	31%	19.5
Portland	Oregon	44.7	22%	27.1
East Stroudsburg	Pennsylvania	93.2	64%	39.4
Orangeburg	South Carolina	59.2	52%	29.1
Sioux Falls	South Dakota	30.2	24%	18.6
Lewisburg	Tennessee	98.0	77%	30.2
Granbury	Texas	98.0	73%	33.6
Heber	Utah	54.4	49%	24.4
Bennington	Vermont	44.7	41%	20.2
Alexandria	Virginia	49.6	48%	35.0
Shelton	Washington	98.0	57%	33.1
Martinsburg	West Virginia	49.6	35%	30.7
Marinette	Wisconsin	35.0	49%	20.8
Gillette	Wyoming	49.6	47%	22.1

Source: Insurify.com