U.S. Census Bureau Commuting in the United States: 2009 1

Supplemental Table A.

Means of Transportation by Selected Characteristics: 2009—Con. (Numbers in thousands. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov

/acs/www/)

Selected characteristics for 

workers 16 years and over 

who did not work at home

Total

Drove alone Carpooled Public 

transportation Walked All other means

Percent 

Margin of 

error1

 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±)

 United States . . . . . . . . 132,674 79.5 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 – 3.0 

DEMOGRAPHIC 

CHARACTERISTICS

Age

16 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,907 71.6 0.2 13.4 0.1 5.4 0.1 6.9 0

25 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,202 78.7 0.1 11.1 0.1 5.9 0.1 2.5

45 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,449 82.8 0.1 9.0 0.1 4.5 0.1 2.2

65 years and over . . . . . . . . . 5,115 83.5 0.3 7.9 0.2 3.9 0.1 3.3 0

Sex

Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,231 78.9 0.1 10.9 0.1 4.9 – 3.0 

Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,442 80.2 0.1 10.1 0.1 5.6 – 2.9 

Race and Hispanic Origin

Hispanic or Latino 

(any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,142 69.3 0.2 16.4 0.2 8.1 0.1 3.5 0

Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . 113,532 81.2 0.1 9.5 0.1 4.7 – 2.9 

White alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,235 83.5 0.1 8.9 0.1 3.2 – 2.8 

Black or African American

alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,188 73.6 0.2 10.4 0.2 11.5 0.2 2.8 0

Asian alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,335 69.7 0.3 13.9 0.3 10.8 0.2 4.0 0

Some other race or 

two or more races . . . . . . . . 2,775 73.7 0.5 13.2 0.4 6.2 0.2 4.4 0

SOCIAL 

CHARACTERISTICS

Marital Status

Married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,155 82.5 0.1 10.7 0.1 3.6 – 1.8 

Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 82.1 0.4 8.1 0.2 5.3 0.3 3.0 0

Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,104 84.0 0.2 7.9 0.1 4.1 0.1 2.4 0

Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,061 75.8 0.4 11.1 0.3 7.8 0.3 3.4 0

Never Married . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,933 72.6 0.1 11.2 0.1 8.3 0.1 5.3 

Nativity

Native born2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,427 81.9 0.1 9.4 0.1 4.1 – 2.8 

Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,247 66.7 0.2 16.0 0.2 10.8 0.1 3.9 0

Urban or Rural Residence3

Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,521 77.8 0.1 10.4 0.1 6.6 – 3.3 

Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,153 85.4 0.1 10.9 0.1 0.6 – 1.9 

Disability Status

With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . 6,931 73.7 0.3 13.6 0.2 6.1 0.1 3.8 0

No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,743 79.8 0.1 10.3 0.1 5.2 – 2.9 

See footnotes at end of table
2 Commuting in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau

Supplemental Table A.

Means of Transportation by Selected Characteristics: 2009—Con. (Numbers in thousands. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov

/acs/www/)

Selected characteristics for 

workers 16 years and over 

who did not work at home

Total

Drove alone Carpooled Public 

transportation Walked All other means

Percent 

Margin of 

error1

 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±)

FAMILIAL 

CHARACTERISTICS

Presence of Children Under

18 Years

In family with own children

under 18 years: . . . . . . . . . . 50,359 80.2 0.1 12.0 0.1 4.2 0.1 2.0

Under 6 years only . . . . . . . 10,589 78.7 0.3 12.7 0.2 4.9 0.1 2.0 0

Under 6 years and 

 6 to 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,512 81.1 0.2 11.4 0.1 4.0 0.1 2.0

6 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . 9,257 79.3 0.2 13.0 0.2 4.1 0.1 1.9 0

In family with no own children

under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . 81,212 79.7 0.1 9.6 0.1 5.8 0.1 3.0

Family Income in the Past

12 Months

Less than $10,000 . . . . . . . . . 1,819 66.0 0.7 16.7 0.5 8.2 0.4 5.4 0

$10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . 1,882 68.0 0.6 14.9 0.4 8.8 0.4 5.1 0

$15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . 5,504 71.8 0.5 14.9 0.4 6.6 0.2 4.0 0

$25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . 7,252 75.1 0.3 13.9 0.3 5.7 0.2 3.2 0

$35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . 12,771 78.1 0.2 12.8 0.2 4.6 0.1 2.7 0

$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . 22,192 81.5 0.1 11.6 0.1 3.6 0.1 1.9 

$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . 18,480 83.4 0.2 10.4 0.1 3.4 0.1 1.5 

$100,000 to $149,999 . . . . . . 20,539 83.6 0.2 9.7 0.1 4.0 0.1 1.4

$150,000 to $199,999 . . . . . . 7,628 82.7 0.2 9.2 0.2 5.2 0.2 1.5 0

$200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . 6,530 81.4 0.2 7.9 0.2 7.0 0.2 2.0 0

ECONOMIC 

CHARACTERISTICS

Occupation

Management, professional,

and related occupations . . . . 46,557 82.0 0.1 8.4 0.1 5.5 0.1 2.6

Service occupations . . . . . . . 23,560 74.0 0.2 12.0 0.1 7.0 0.1 4.6 0

Sales and office 

occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,344 81.6 0.1 8.9 0.1 5.2 0.1 2.9 

Farming, fishing, and forestry

occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 62.6 1.2 25.1 0.9 2.7 0.6 5.0 0

Construction and extraction,

and maintenance

occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,777 76.8 0.3 16.5 0.2 2.8 0.1 1.8 0

Production, transportation,

and material moving 

occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,020 79.2 0.2 12.4 0.2 3.6 0.1 2.2 0

Armed Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 70.8 1.4 9.7 0.8 1.8 0.3 14.0 1

Industry

Agriculture, forestry, fishing

and hunting, and mining . . . 2,168 72.4 0.7 17.0 0.5 1.9 0.2 5.3 0

Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,841 75.1 0.3 18.5 0.3 2.9 0.1 1.4 0

Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,086 83.3 0.2 11.3 0.2 2.5 0.1 1.4 0

Wholesale trade . . . . . . . . . . . 3,802 84.4 0.3 9.4 0.3 3.2 0.2 1.6 0

Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,493 81.5 0.2 9.1 0.1 4.4 0.1 3.3 0

Transportation and 

warehousing, and utilities . . 6,683 83.7 0.2 8.3 0.2 3.8 0.1 1.3 0

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,952 79.1 0.4 8.1 0.3 8.2 0.3 2.7 0

See footnotes at end of table
U.S. Census Bureau Commuting in the United States: 2009 3

Supplemental Table A.

Means of Transportation by Selected Characteristics: 2009—Con. (Numbers in thousands. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov

/acs/www/)

Selected characteristics for 

workers 16 years and over 

who did not work at home

Total

Drove alone Carpooled Public 

transportation Walked All other means

Percent 

Margin of 

error1

 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±)

ECONOMIC 

CHARACTERISTICS—Con

Industry—Con

Finance and insurance, and

real estate and rental and

leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,933 80.9 0.2 7.2 0.1 8.2 0.2 2.7 0

Professional, scientific, and

management, and 

administrative and waste

management services . . . . . 13,301 76.6 0.2 10.9 0.2 8.0 0.1 2.5 0

Educational services, and

health care and social 

assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,921 80.9 0.1 9.4 0.1 4.8 0.1 3.5 

Arts, entertainment, 

and recreation, and 

accommodation and food

services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,281 72.3 0.3 12.0 0.2 7.4 0.2 5.6 0

Other services (except public

administration) . . . . . . . . . . . 6,449 77.6 0.3 10.4 0.2 5.9 0.2 4.3 0

Public administration . . . . . . . 6,589 82.1 0.2 8.9 0.2 6.4 0.2 1.4 0

Armed Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,174 74.4 0.9 10.9 0.6 1.5 0.2 10.1 0

Class of Worker

Private wage and salary 

workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,810 79.4 0.1 10.4 0.1 5.5 – 2.8 

Government workers . . . . . . . 21,050 80.8 0.1 9.8 0.1 4.9 0.1 3.0 

Self-employed workers in 

own not incorporated 

business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,667 77.9 0.2 12.6 0.2 3.0 0.1 4.3 0

Unpaid family workers . . . . . . 146 63.2 2.0 22.8 1.8 2.9 0.8 8.5 1

Workers Earnings in the

Past 12 Months 

(in 2009 inflation-adjusted

 dollars)

Less than $10,000 . . . . . . . . . 19,258 70.3 0.2 13.7 0.1 6.0 0.1 7.1 0

$10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . 10,935 73.9 0.2 13.1 0.2 6.2 0.1 4.3 0

$15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . 21,989 77.2 0.1 12.5 0.1 5.2 0.1 3.2 0

$25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . 19,713 81.8 0.2 10.6 0.1 4.1 0.1 2.1 

$35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . 22,977 83.5 0.1 9.3 0.1 4.3 0.1 1.6

$50,000 to $64,999 . . . . . . . . 13,957 84.2 0.2 8.5 0.1 4.5 0.1 1.5 

$60,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . 5,882 84.3 0.2 7.9 0.2 5.1 0.2 1.3 0

$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . 8,752 83.4 0.2 7.5 0.1 5.9 0.1 1.6 0

$100,000 or more . . . . . . . . . 9,210 82.2 0.2 6.0 0.1 7.7 0.1 2.0 0

Poverty Status

Poverty status is determined: 131,794 79.8 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 0.0 2.7 0

Below 100 percent of the

 poverty level . . . . . . . . . . . 8,510 65.4 0.3 15.1 0.3 8.6 0.2 7.1 0

100 to 149 percent of the

 poverty level . . . . . . . . . . . 8,468 70.2 0.3 14.8 0.3 7.4 0.2 4.7 0

At or above 150 percent

 of the poverty level . . . . . . 114,816 81.6 0.1 9.8 0.1 4.8 – 2.2 

See footnotes at end of table
4 Commuting in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau

Supplemental Table A.

Means of Transportation by Selected Characteristics: 2009—Con. (Numbers in thousands. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov

/acs/www/)

Selected characteristics for 

workers 16 years and over 

who did not work at home

Total

Drove alone Carpooled Public 

transportation Walked All other means

Percent 

Margin of 

error1

 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±)

HOUSING 

CHARACTERISTICS

Tenure/Group Quarters

In a household: . . . . . . . . . . . 131,571 79.9 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 – 2.6 

Householder lived in

 owner-occupied housing

 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,933 84.5 0.1 9.6 0.1 3.1 – 1.5 

Householder lived in

 renter-occupied housing

 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,638 69.7 0.1 12.5 0.1 9.9 0.1 5.1 0

In a noninstitutionalized 

group quarter4 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103 30.1 1.0 11.4 0.8 8.2 0.7 46.7 1

Household Income in the

 Past 12 Months 

(in 2009 inflation-adjusted

 dollars)

In a household: . . . . . . . . . . . 131,571 79.9 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 – 2.6 

Less than $10,000 . . . . . . . . . 2,326 66.0 0.6 11.7 0.4 9.1 0.3 9.0 0

$10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . 2,659 68.6 0.5 12.3 0.3 8.8 0.3 6.9 0

$15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . 7,929 73.1 0.3 11.9 0.3 7.0 0.2 5.1 0

$25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . 10,377 76.7 0.2 11.6 0.2 5.7 0.1 3.8 0

$35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . 17,635 78.7 0.2 11.3 0.2 4.9 0.1 3.0 0

$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . 28,474 81.1 0.1 10.9 0.1 4.3 0.1 2.1

$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . 22,156 82.6 0.1 10.2 0.1 4.1 0.1 1.7 

$100,000 to $149,999 . . . . . . 23,837 82.6 0.2 9.7 0.1 4.7 0.1 1.7

$150,000 to $199,999 . . . . . . 8,746 81.5 0.3 9.1 0.2 6.1 0.2 1.8 0

$200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . 7,432 80.0 0.2 7.9 0.2 7.9 0.2 2.4 0

Number of Workers in

Household

In a household: . . . . . . . . . . . 131,571 79.9 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 – 2.6 

One worker . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,960 82.3 0.1 6.7 0.1 5.9 0.1 3.1

Two workers . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,608 80.5 0.1 11.4 0.1 4.4 – 2.2 

Three or more workers . . . . 24,003 74.1 0.2 14.8 0.2 5.9 0.1 3.0 0

Vehicles Available in 

Household

In a household: . . . . . . . . . . . 131,571 79.9 0.1 10.5 0.1 5.2 – 2.6 

No vehicle available . . . . . . 5,704 20.7 0.4 12.8 0.3 42.9 0.4 15.6 0

One vehicle available . . . . . 28,210 74.4 0.2 11.7 0.1 7.5 0.1 3.9 0

Two vehicles available . . . . 55,242 84.5 0.1 9.9 0.1 2.7 – 1.6 

Three or more vehicles

 available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,415 85.5 0.1 10.2 0.1 1.7 – 1.4 

See footnotes at end of table
U.S. Census Bureau Commuting in the United States: 2009 5

Supplemental Table A.

Means of Transportation by Selected Characteristics: 2009—Con. (Numbers in thousands. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov

/acs/www/)

Selected characteristics for 

workers 16 years and over 

who did not work at home

Total

Drove alone Carpooled Public 

transportation Walked All other means

Percent 

Margin of 

error1

 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±) Percent 

Margin of 

error1 (±)

COMMUTING 

CHARACTERISTICS

Time of departure

12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. . . . .  . 5,209 79.8 0.4 12.6 0.3 3.4 0.2 2.

5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m. . . . . .  . 4,647 77.3 0.3 14.0 0.3 5.1 0.2 1.

5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. . . . . .  . 6,420 79.5 0.3 12.7 0.3 4.7 0.2 1.

6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. . . . . .  . 11,408 78.0 0.2 13.0 0.2 5.5 0.1 1.

6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. . . . . .  . 13,620 81.1 0.2 11.4 0.2 4.6 0.1 1.

7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. . . . . .  . 19,536 80.0 0.2 11.1 0.2 5.7 0.1 1.

7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. . . . . .  . 17,686 83.0 0.2 9.2 0.1 4.3 0.1 2

8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m . . . . .  . 14,565 79.5 0.2 8.3 0.1 6.8 0.1 3

8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. . . . . .  . 7,425 80.0 0.3 8.1 0.2 5.6 0.2 4.

9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. . . . .  . 32,159 77.3 0.1 9.8 0.1 5.2 0.1 5.

Travel time to work

Less than 10 minutes . . . . . . 18,565 78.1 0.2 8.4 0.1 0.5 – 10.7 0.

10 to 14 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 19,328 83.5 0.2 9.3 0.1 1.0 – 4.0 0.

15 to 19 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 20,775 84.2 0.2 9.9 0.1 1.7 0.1 2.4 0

20 to 24 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 19,559 83.7 0.1 10.3 0.1 2.9 0.1 1.5 

25 to 29 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 8,040 84.7 0.2 10.0 0.2 3.1 0.1 1.0 0

30 to 34 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 17,874 79.2 0.2 11.6 0.2 6.7 0.1 1.0 

35 to 44 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 8,321 78.7 0.3 11.5 0.2 8.1 0.2 0.5 

45 to 59 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 9,834 73.9 0.2 12.5 0.2 12.0 0.2 0.5 

60 to 89 minutes . . . . . . . . . . 7,160 61.4 0.3 13.6 0.2 22.9 0.3 0.5 

90 or more minutes . . . . . . . . 3,218 55.9 0.5 14.3 0.3 25.0 0.4 0.6 0

Place of work

Worked in state of residence: . . 127,434 79.9 0.1 10.5 0.1 4.9 – 3.0 

Worked in county of

 residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,798 79.6 0.1 10.2 0.1 4.3 – 3.9 

Worked outside county of 

 residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,636 80.7 0.1 11.1 0.1 6.8 0.1 0.5

Worked outside state of 

residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,240 70.0 0.4 11.4 0.2 12.5 0.3 1.7 0

– Represents or rounds to zero

1

This number, when added to or subracted from the estimate, represents the 90 percent confidence interval around the estimate

2

Native includes people born in the United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Island Areas; or people born abroad of American parent(

3

Urban and rural designations are based upon 2000 Census population counts

4

Residents of institutional group quarters, such as correctional facilities and nursing facilities, are not included in the tabulations

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 20