Table 1-38: Principal Means of Transportation to Work
Table 1-38: Principal Means of Transportation to Work
(Thousands)
| 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 1999 | (R) 2001 | 2003 | (R) 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| All workers | 106,630 | 100.0 | 103,741 | 100.0 | 116,469 | 100.0 | 118,041 | 100.0 | 119,896 | 100.0 | 115,342 | 100.0 | 133,091 | 100.0 | 138,266 | 100.0 | 139,260 | 100.0 |
| Automobile, total | 93,943 | 88.1 | 91,301 | 88.0 | 101,908 | 87.5 | 103,467 | 87.7 | 105,450 | 88.0 | 101,664 | 88.1 | 116,659 | 87.7 | 119,898 | 86.7 | 120,442 | 86.5 |
| Drives self | 81,322 | 76.3 | 79,449 | 76.6 | 90,207 | 77.5 | 92,363 | 78.2 | 93,819 | 78.3 | 91,607 | 79.4 | 102,458 | 77.0 | 105,046 | 76.0 | 105,955 | 76.1 |
| Carpool, total | 12,621 | 11.8 | 11,852 | 11.4 | 11,701 | 10.0 | 11,104 | 9.4 | 11,631 | 9.7 | 10,057 | 8.7 | 14,200 | 10.7 | 14,852 | 10.7 | 14,488 | 10.4 |
| 2-person | 9,708 | 9.1 | 9,105 | 8.8 | 9,294 | 8.0 | 8,705 | 7.4 | 9,012 | 7.5 | 7,866 | 6.8 | 10,981 | 8.3 | 11,408 | 8.3 | 11,139 | 8.0 |
| 3-person | 1,748 | 1.6 | 1,684 | 1.6 | 1,526 | 1.3 | 1,454 | 1.2 | 1,642 | 1.4 | 1,351 | 1.2 | 3,219 | 2.4 | 1,992 | 1.4 | 1,963 | 1.4 |
| 4+ person | 1,165 | 1.1 | 1,063 | 1.0 | 881 | 0.8 | 945 | 0.8 | 977 | 0.8 | 840 | 0.7 | c | NA | 1,451 | 1.0 | 1,385 | 1.0 |
| Public transportationa | 4,880 | 4.6 | 4,740 | 4.6 | 5,337 | 4.6 | 5,779 | 4.9 | 5,602 | 4.7 | 5,081 | 4.4 | 6,202 | 4.7 | (R) 6,642 | (R) 4.8 | (R) 6,761 | (R) 4.9 |
| Taxicab | 152 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.1 | 139 | 0.1 | 144 | 0.1 | 133 | 0.1 | 128 | 0.1 | d | NA | 178 | 0.1 | 179 | 0.1 |
| Bicycle or motorcycle | 795 | 0.7 | 744 | 0.7 | 738 | 0.6 | 749 | 0.6 | 846 | 0.7 | 691 | 0.6 | d | NA | 895 | 0.6 | 949 | 0.7 |
| Walks only | 3,634 | 3.4 | 3,227 | 3.1 | 3,869 | 3.3 | 3,627 | 3.1 | 3,405 | 2.8 | 3,171 | 2.7 | 3,291 | 2.5 | 3,952 | 2.9 | 3,954 | 2.8 |
| Other meansb | 491 | 0.5 | 474 | 0.5 | 867 | 0.7 | 987 | 0.8 | 1,052 | 0.9 | 1,072 | 0.9 | 2,143 | 1.6 | (R) 1,289 | (R) 0.9 | (R) 1,298 | (R) 0.9 |
| Works at home | 2,736 | 2.6 | 3,137 | 3.0 | 3,611 | 3.1 | 3,288 | 2.8 | 3,409 | 2.8 | 3,536 | 3.1 | 4,796 | 3.6 | 5,411 | 3.9 | 5,677 | 4.1 |
KEY: R = revised.
a Public transportation refers to bus, streetcar, subway, railroad, and elevated trains.
b Other means include ferryboats, surface trains, and van service and other means not classified.
c For 2005 only, the carpool category 2-person and 3+ persons, not 4+ person as for the other years.
d Taxicab and Bicycle or motorcycle data are included in Other means for 2005 only.
NOTES
Principal means of transportation to work refers to the mode of travel used to get from home to work most frequently. If more than one means of transportation was used each day, those surveyed were asked to specify the one used for the longest distance during the trip from home to work.
Component values may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCES
1989-2005:U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Housing Survey for the United States: 2005 (Washington, DC: 2006), table 2-24 and similar tables in earlier editions, Available at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ahs.html as of Oct. 12, 2006.
2006-08: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey, available at http://factfinder.census.gov/ as of Sept. 22, 2009.