Trends and Data Resources

• American Community Survey (2005) various tables related to journey to work (9/7/06)
  • Ranking by Vehicle Trip Rate by State (States' overall ranking considering all modes)
  • Ranking by Drive Alone Share by State
  • Ranking Carpool Share by State
  • Ranking Transit Share by State
  • Ranking Work at Home Share by State
  • Travel Time to Work
  • Sex of Workers by Means of Transportation
  • Sex of Workers by Time Leaving Home to Go to Work
  • Average Age by Mode
  • Race by Mode

See Using Data from the 2005 American Community (pdf) for more information about ACS.

View a Flash animation on how to use Census' American FactFinder to obtain Journey To Work data (e.g., mode by gender, travel times, etc.) for various geographies (Nation, state, MSA, etc.) from the American Community Survey. (8/23/07)

• "The Work Trip in the Context of Daily Travel" by McGuckin, N., and Srivivasan, N., a paper on fam-pools (carpools made up of members of the same household) commissioned for the Census Data for Transportation Conference, April, 2005  (8/24/07)