New Jersey ranked first in a list that you don’t want to be first in. New census data says that most people spend on average 30 to 34 minutes to get to work in New Jersey; no other state averages having a majority of its residents take that long to get to work. The measuring time took place between 2009 and 2013. Monmouth and Cumberland counties had the shortest commute on average of 10 to 15 minutes its commuters.