Today, as she has for the last 23 years, Patty Vitale's workday starts and ends by climbing onto an express bus that takes her between her job on Wall Street and her home in Marlboro, the town whose residents spend the most time commuting in New Jersey, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Vitale, an office manager at a law firm, is on the 6:15 a.m. bus at Marlboro's Union Hill Park-and-Ride for a 90-minute drive into the city. At 5 p.m., she's back on board for what is typically a 2-hour return trip.

"I say I have a great day when my (return) commute is an hour and a half," Vitale told the Asbury Park Press.

She's not alone in New Jersey. In fact, commuting times here are among the longest in the nation, according to the census data.

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The average travel time to or from work in the state is 31 minutes – only New York and Maryland are higher. That's 10 minutes more roundtrip every day in the car, bus or train than the typical American endures.

All told, the average New Jerseyan spends the equivalent of 11 days per year just getting to and from their job.

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For towns with at least 10,000 workers who leave the house for work, Temescal Valley, which is an hour east of downtown Los Angeles, has the worst commute in the nation at 51 minutes.

New Jersey's early-rising commuters aren't far behind.

Before we get to the list, here are three things to keep in mind:

This ranking only considers municipalities that have a workforce of at least 10,000.

Drive times are one way. Double it for an average round-trip.

Each average represents everyone in the municipality who works outside the home, not just those that have jobs in New York City.

On with the countdown ...

10. West Milford (Passaic)

Travel time: 39 minutes

Workforce: 13,800

9. Westfield (Union)

Travel time: 39 minutes

Workforce: 14,500

8. Hoboken (Hudson)

Travel time: 39 minutes

Workforce: 34,900

7. Ridgewood (Bergen)

Travel time: 39 minutes

Workforce: 11,200

6. Monroe (Middlesex)

Travel time: 40 minutes

Workforce: 16,500

5. Maplewood (Essex)

Travel time: 41 minutes

Workforce: 11,900

4. Vernon (Sussex)

Travel time: 42 minutes

Workforce: 12,400

3. Manalapan (Monmouth)

Travel time: 42 minutes

Workforce: 18,500

2. West Windsor (Mercer)

Travel time: 45 minutes

Workforce: 13,700

1. Marlboro (Monmouth)

Travel time: 45 minutes

Workforce: 19,600

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