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HOME-TO-WORK COMMUTE TIME (MINUTES), AGE 16 OR OLDER - ROAD (Including Drive-Alone,Carpool, and Vanpool) AND TRANSIT - URBANIZED AREAS WITH POPULATIONS OVER 500,000, 2005-2007 |
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Urbanized Area |
Principle City(ies) |
Outside Principle City(ies) |
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Urbanized Area/Principle Named City(ies) |
Total |
Car, Truck, or Van |
Public Transit |
Total |
Car, Truck, or Van |
Public Transit |
Total |
Car, Truck, or Van |
Public Transit |
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Akron, OH |
21.2 |
21.7 |
39.2 |
20.5 |
20.8 |
40.3 |
21.5 |
22.2 |
36.9 |
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Albany, NY |
19.2 |
19.6 |
35.3 |
17.4 |
16.8 |
31.9 |
19.5 |
20.0 |
38.3 |
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Albuquerque, NM |
21.1 |
21.6 |
41.9 |
20.2 |
20.5 |
42.4 |
24.0 |
25.1 |
38.0 |
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Allentown-Bethleham, PA-NJ |
24.7 |
25.3 |
50.3 |
22.0 |
22.0 |
42.6 |
25.7 |
26.5 |
60.7 |
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Atlanta, GA |
29.0 |
29.5 |
52.5 |
24.8 |
22.9 |
48.2 |
29.5 |
30.1 |
54.6 |
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Austin, TX |
22.3 |
22.8 |
37.1 |
21.3 |
21.7 |
36.8 |
24.7 |
25.5 |
42.6 |
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Bakersfield, CA |
21.1 |
21.3 |
40.9 |
20.9 |
21.2 |
45.0 |
21.4 |
21.5 |
37.0 |
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Baltimore, MD |
27.1 |
26.5 |
51.8 |
27.8 |
24.7 |
47.8 |
26.9 |
26.9 |
59.0 |
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Birmingham, AL |
22.4 |
22.7 |
53.3 |
21.5 |
21.2 |
55.7 |
22.7 |
23.3 |
44.4 |
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Boston, MA-NH-RI |
27.3 |
26.9 |
43.8 |
28.3 |
27.1 |
38.5 |
27.1 |
26.8 |
47.1 |
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Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY |
26.4 |
24.1 |
61.9 |
25.4 |
23.0 |
49.5 |
26.8 |
24.5 |
68.8 |
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Buffalo, NY |
19.5 |
19.3 |
34.9 |
19.4 |
17.9 |
34.7 |
19.5 |
19.7 |
35.7 |
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Charlotte, NC-SC |
23.8 |
24.3 |
45.7 |
23.1 |
23.3 |
46.0 |
25.7 |
26.8 |
42.5 |
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Chicago, IL-IN |
29.7 |
28.7 |
49.5 |
32.8 |
31.7 |
44.4 |
28.4 |
27.7 |
58.9 |
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Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
21.6 |
22.0 |
37.4 |
20.8 |
20.5 |
35.7 |
21.8 |
22.3 |
39.8 |
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Cleveland, OH |
22.9 |
22.7 |
43.9 |
23.4 |
21.1 |
43.8 |
22.8 |
23.0 |
44.0 |
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Colorado Sprints, CO |
19.4 |
20.5 |
42.3 |
19.6 |
20.4 |
41.2 |
18.4 |
20.9 |
47.7 |
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Columbus, OH |
20.1 |
20.7 |
35.9 |
20.0 |
20.3 |
35.2 |
20.3 |
21.2 |
41.0 |
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Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX |
24.7 |
25.3 |
48.5 |
24.4 |
24.6 |
49.0 |
25.1 |
25.9 |
47.6 |
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Dayton, OH |
19.6 |
19.9 |
37.6 |
19.8 |
19.0 |
39.2 |
19.5 |
20.0 |
35.1 |
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Denver-Aurora, CO |
24.1 |
24.5 |
43.7 |
23.8 |
24.1 |
40.6 |
24.2 |
24.8 |
47.3 |
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Detroit, MI |
24.5 |
24.9 |
53.0 |
25.5 |
24.1 |
55.2 |
24.3 |
25.0 |
47.7 |
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El Paso, TX-NM |
20.7 |
21.2 |
42.7 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
43.7 |
20.2 |
23.5 |
(30.3) |
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Fresno, CA |
19.3 |
19.7 |
39.4 |
19.4 |
19.8 |
37.8 |
19.0 |
19.4 |
47.3 |
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Grand Rapids, MI |
18.8 |
19.3 |
38.9 |
17.9 |
18.2 |
38.8 |
19.2 |
19.8 |
39.1 |
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Hartford, CT |
21.0 |
21.4 |
37.3 |
19.9 |
18.1 |
36.1 |
21.2 |
21.7 |
38.6 |
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Honolulu, HI |
25.7 |
26.2 |
41.1 |
22.0 |
22.3 |
34.1 |
29.4 |
29.5 |
53.0 |
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Houston, TX |
26.9 |
27.3 |
49.5 |
25.5 |
25.4 |
49.1 |
28.1 |
28.8 |
51.0 |
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Indianapolis, IN |
22.0 |
22.7 |
41.0 |
21.2 |
21.6 |
42.3 |
23.3 |
24.3 |
31.2 |
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Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs, CA |
19.1 |
19.7 |
49.2 |
18.4 |
19.1 |
31.2 |
20.0 |
20.5 |
90.3 |
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Jacksonville, FL |
23.6 |
24.1 |
50.5 |
22.9 |
23.3 |
50.3 |
26.9 |
28.2 |
56.9 |
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Kansas City, MO-KS |
20.4 |
21.0 |
36.1 |
20.2 |
20.4 |
35.9 |
20.5 |
21.2 |
36.7 |
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Lancaster-Palmdale, CA |
35.4 |
35.9 |
72.4 |
35.4 |
35.9 |
71.4 |
35.4 |
36.5 |
84.8 |
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Las Vegas, NV |
23.7 |
23.3 |
50.6 |
24.5 |
24.1 |
51.4 |
23.2 |
22.8 |
50.1 |
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA |
27.0 |
27.3 |
47.0 |
27.7 |
27.5 |
46.3 |
26.6 |
27.2 |
48.4 |
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Louisville, KY-IN |
20.5 |
20.7 |
35.8 |
20.7 |
20.6 |
36.9 |
20.3 |
20.7 |
30.5 |
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Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
21.6 |
21.8 |
44.4 |
21.0 |
20.9 |
45.4 |
22.7 |
23.3 |
28.3 |
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Miami, FL |
27.1 |
27.6 |
47.0 |
27.9 |
27.1 |
43.8 |
27.1 |
27.6 |
47.9 |
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Milwaukee, WI |
20.7 |
20.9 |
38.0 |
20.8 |
20.3 |
37.1 |
20.6 |
21.1 |
41.7 |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN |
21.7 |
22.0 |
37.5 |
20.6 |
20.2 |
35.2 |
22.0 |
22.5 |
40.5 |
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Nashville-Davison, TN |
22.7 |
23.6 |
37.7 |
22.3 |
23.0 |
38.1 |
23.7 |
25.0 |
32.7 |
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New Haven, CT |
22.0 |
22.0 |
48.5 |
20.1 |
19.3 |
38.4 |
22.5 |
22.5 |
59.5 |
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New Orleans, LA |
23.3 |
23.5 |
44.6 |
23.1 |
22.6 |
43.8 |
23.4 |
23.9 |
47.3 |
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New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT |
33.1 |
27.9 |
51.0 |
37.6 |
31.7 |
48.5 |
29.4 |
26.7 |
59.8 |
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Oklahoma City, OK |
18.8 |
19.3 |
41.7 |
18.8 |
19.4 |
42.4 |
18.8 |
19.3 |
36.7 |
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Omaha, NE-IA |
17.5 |
17.9 |
40.7 |
17.1 |
17.5 |
41.9 |
18.0 |
18.5 |
31.5 |
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Orlando, FL |
24.7 |
25.3 |
47.5 |
23.5 |
23.6 |
45.7 |
24.9 |
25.6 |
48.4 |
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Oxnard, CA |
23.3 |
24.0 |
48.4 |
25.0 |
25.2 |
51.6 |
21.6 |
22.8 |
45.6 |
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Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
26.8 |
26.2 |
46.9 |
30.6 |
28.1 |
45.1 |
25.7 |
25.8 |
49.7 |
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Phoenix-Mesa, AZ |
24.4 |
25.0 |
45.2 |
25.0 |
25.3 |
44.8 |
23.6 |
24.6 |
46.3 |
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Pittsburg, PA |
23.6 |
23.7 |
37.6 |
21.2 |
20.4 |
30.7 |
24.1 |
24.2 |
43.1 |
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Portland, OR-WA |
22.6 |
22.4 |
41.9 |
22.2 |
21.6 |
38.2 |
22.8 |
22.7 |
46.3 |
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Poughkeepsie-Newburg, NY |
28.3 |
28.2 |
75.9 |
21.6 |
21.3 |
42.3 |
29.6 |
29.3 |
85.4 |
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Providence, RI-MA |
22.2 |
22.4 |
51.9 |
20.9 |
20.4 |
45.2 |
22.4 |
22.6 |
55.6 |
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Raleigh, NC |
22.0 |
23.1 |
38.0 |
21.0 |
21.9 |
36.8 |
23.0 |
24.5 |
43.1 |
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Richmond, VA |
21.2 |
21.7 |
38.1 |
20.1 |
19.7 |
38.9 |
21.5 |
22.1 |
36.3 |
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Riverside-San Bernardino, CA |
29.4 |
30.3 |
61.1 |
27.9 |
28.8 |
58.5 |
30.0 |
30.9 |
62.7 |
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Rochester, NY |
18.1 |
18.3 |
38.1 |
17.5 |
16.5 |
38.1 |
18.3 |
18.8 |
38.0 |
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Sacrament, CA |
23.9 |
24.7 |
45.6 |
22.7 |
23.4 |
41.5 |
24.4 |
25.2 |
48.2 |
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Salt Lake City, UT |
20.6 |
20.7 |
40.4 |
18.3 |
18.2 |
31.0 |
21.1 |
21.3 |
44.4 |
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San Antonio, TX |
22.8 |
22.9 |
47.2 |
23.0 |
22.9 |
47.5 |
21.4 |
23.0 |
42.9 |
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San Diego, CA |
23.2 |
24.1 |
50.4 |
21.6 |
22.1 |
48.5 |
24.7 |
25.8 |
52.9 |
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San Francisco-Oakland, CA |
26.1 |
25.4 |
41.3 |
26.7 |
26.2 |
37.6 |
25.8 |
25.1 |
47.6 |
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San Jose, CA |
23.0 |
23.2 |
49.5 |
24.6 |
24.6 |
50.7 |
21.0 |
21.2 |
47.9 |
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Sarasota-Brandenton, FL |
20.1 |
21.0 |
42.4 |
19.5 |
19.8 |
54.3 |
20.3 |
21.3 |
38.3 |
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Seattle, WA |
25.6 |
25.8 |
43.1 |
23.2 |
22.7 |
35.1 |
26.3 |
26.5 |
50.3 |
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Springfield, MA-CT |
20.4 |
21.2 |
34.1 |
20.1 |
20.6 |
32.5 |
20.5 |
21.3 |
36.4 |
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St. Louis, MO-IL |
22.7 |
22.9 |
43.8 |
23.1 |
21.4 |
46.9 |
22.6 |
23.1 |
40.9 |
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Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL |
23.6 |
24.7 |
39.0 |
21.9 |
22.4 |
41.4 |
24.3 |
25.4 |
36.9 |
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Toledo, OH |
19.1 |
19.4 |
45.4 |
18.9 |
18.9 |
43.1 |
19.5 |
20.0 |
60.3 |
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Tucson, AZ |
21.8 |
22.3 |
44.5 |
20.7 |
20.8 |
43.9 |
24.3 |
25.2 |
47.4 |
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Tulsa, OK |
17.7 |
18.2 |
39.0 |
16.7 |
17.1 |
40.7 |
19.9 |
20.6 |
16.5 |
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Virginia Beach, BA |
21.3 |
22.3 |
46.2 |
21.5 |
22.4 |
50.2 |
21.2 |
22.3 |
45.5 |
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Washington, DC |
30.9 |
30.2 |
45.5 |
28.0 |
26.6 |
37.5 |
31.4 |
30.5 |
48.9 |
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National Totals/Averages/Percentages |
25.9 |
25.2 |
48.1 |
26.3 |
24.2 |
45.6 |
25.7 |
25.6 |
52.5 |
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survery, 2005-2007, Tables B01003 (Total Population), |
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B08136 (Aggregate Travel Time to Work of Workers [16 or older] by Means of Transportation to Work), and |
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And B08301 (Means of Transportation to Work [16 and older]), accessed September 2, 2009: |
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http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts= |
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Note: There is an obvious data error in the El Paso UZA/City public transportation commute minutes, with the city value being higher than the total UZA value. As this is of little import to the overall statistics, it has been left uncorrected. |
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Home to Work Commute Time for 74 Cities Over 500,000 Population
| Bribery |
| Cheaper & Better Transit |
| EuroTranistShareLoss |
| Elderly Travel |
| GM & The Streetcar |
| Commute Time Chart |
| Top 10 Bus |
| Clackamas Public Safety |
| transit_congestion |
| McLoughlin Plan |
| CRC_Planning |
| Zoneing Increases Cost, Hurts Economy |
| High Rise |