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2-6 Commute Mode Share: 2015

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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percent of workers age 16 and older

Mode Percent
Drive alone 76.6
Carpool 9.0
Transit 5.2
Work at home 4.6
Walk 2.8
Other a 1.2
Bike 0.6

aIncludes motorcycle, taxi, and other means.

Notes: Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. The American Community Survey asks for the mode usually used by the respondent to get to work. For more than one mode of transportation, respondents select the mode used for most of the distance traveled.

Source: As cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-41, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2016.