Abstract: Commuting is one of the main functions of urban roads, and separation between workplace and residence is the main cause of traffic congestion. At this stage, the problem of congestion in second-tier cities in China is becoming more and more serious. Taking Fuzhou, a coastal city in China as an example, after the questionnaire surveys of the commuting behavior and commuting perception of urban residents and analyzes the spatial characteristics of residents' commutes in Fuzhou city. Research shows that middle distance is the main range of the commuting behavior, and a significant difference was found under different commuting distance, with the increase of commuting distance, commuter gradually from walking to the moped and again to make the transition to buses, cars, there is an obvious distribution mismatch between workplace and residence and an apparent agglomeration of commuter flow because of the influence of urban spatial structure; at the point of commuting perception, the imagery of markers and area are low, the nodes are the highest, satisfaction is decreasing from the periphery to the center, and affected by sample properties.