2 Sep
2005
2 Sep
'05
12:07 p.m.
[NOTE: This e-mail is best viewed in HTML format.] This may be of
interest to CTPP-News subscribers. It summarizes some of the places &
county ranking data for means of transportation and travel times to
work, from the ACS2004, with focus on the SF Bay Area. I've included the
"Top Ten Counties & Places." San Francisco Bay Area Rankings 2004
American Community Survey, U.S. Census BureauAugust 30, 2005 The Census
Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey (ACS) data was released 8/30/05.
Data is available for places, counties, metropolitan areas and states of
over 250,000 population. Data collected in calendar year 2005 will be
published in summer 2006, for areas of greater than 65,000 total
population. I. Places Greater than 250,000 Total Population The San
Francisco Bay Area has three cities greater than 250,000 population:San
Jose: 874,000San Francisco: 725,000Oakland: 365,000. A. Mean Commute
Travel Time, Home-to-Work (Large Cities) San Francisco resident
commuters reported an average commute of 28.7 minutes from home-to-work
in 2004. This ranks ninth in the U.S. among large cities, 250,000+
population.Oakland resident commuters reported an average commute of
28.4 minutes from home-to-work in 2004. This ranks tenth in the U.S.
among large cities, and is statistically the same as San Francisco.San
Jose resident commuters reported an average commute of 24.6 minutes from
home-to-work in 2004. This ranks 24th, out of the 70 cities with
population 250,000+. San Jose's commute time is very similar to other
cities such as Seattle, Portland, Atlanta and Dallas.New York City ranks
first in the nation with an average home-to-work commute time of 38.4
minutes. New York is followed by Chicago (35.0 minutes), Philadelphia
(33.7 minutes), Newark (32.3 minutes) and Los Angeles (30.0 minutes).
Large U.S. Cities Ranked by Travel Time to Work, 2004RankPlace Mean
Time1New York city, NY38.42Chicago city, IL35.03Philadelphia city,
PA33.74Newark city, NJ32.35Los Angeles city, CA30.06Stockton city,
CA29.37Boston city, MA29.07Riverside city, CA29.09San Francisco city,
CA28.710Oakland city, CA28.424San Jose city, CA24.6 B. Public Transit
Share of Commute-to-Work ("Commute Mode Share") (Large Cities) San
Francisco City ranks fourth among United States large cities in transit
share for the journey-to-work, with 29.6 percent of commuters using
transit in their daily commute.Oakland ranks eighth in the United States
in transit share, with 22.3 percent of commuters using transit in their
daily commutes.San Jose ranks 49th out of 70 large U.S. cities, with 2.2
percent of commuters using transit in their home-to-work commutes.New
York City ranks first in the nation in terms of transit share of
commute, at 53.2 percent of commuters taking transit to work. New York
is followed by Washington, DC (33.7 percent), Boston (31.8 percent) and
San Francisco.The transit commute share in the United States in 2004 is
4.6 percent. The transit commute share for California resident workers
is 4.8 percent. Large U.S. Cities Ranked by Transit Share in
Journey-to-Work, 2004RankPlace Percent Transit1New York city,
NY53.22Washington city, DC33.63Boston city, MA31.84San Francisco city,
CA29.65Philadelphia city, PA27.06Newark city, NJ25.57Chicago city,
IL23.68Oakland city, CA22.39Baltimore city, MD20.510Pittsburgh city,
PA19.449San Jose city, CA2.2 II. Counties Greater than 250,000 Total
Population The San Francisco Bay Area has seven counties with a year
2004 population greater than 250,000:Alameda: 1,428,000Contra Costa:
998,000San Francisco: 725,000San Mateo: 689,000Santa Clara:
1,656,000Solano: 397,000Sonoma: 456,000 Marin and Napa Counties are not
reported separately in the 2004 ACS, but will be reported separately
beginning with the release of the 2005 ACS in summer 2006. A. Mean
Commute Travel Time, Home-to-Work (Large Counties) Contra Costa County
resident commuters reported the longest commute duration in the Bay
Area, at 32.2 minutes per one-way home-to-work commute. Contra Costa
ranks 15th in the nation in terms of large U.S. Counties (236 total
counties, greater than 250,000 population).Solano County ranks second in
the Bay Area, and 18th in the nation, in term of longest commute
durations, at 31.4 minutes per one-way commute.Santa Clara County
resident commuters reported the shortest commute durations among large
Bay Area counties, at 23.7 minutes per one-way commute. Santa Clara
ranks 125th out of 236 large U.S. counties.The average commute time in
the United States in 2004 is 24.7 minutes. The average commute time for
California resident workers is 27.1 minutes. Large U.S. Counties Ranked
by Travel Time to Work, 2004RankCounty Average Time1Queens County,
NY41.22Bronx County, NY40.63Kings County, NY40.34Prince William County,
VA39.45Richmond County, NY39.26McHenry County, IL34.67Orange County,
NY34.28Monmouth County, NJ34.09Philadelphia County, PA33.710Montgomery
County, MD33.311Prince George's County, MD33.215Contra Costa County,
CA32.218Solano County, CA31.448San Francisco County, CA28.761Alameda
County, CA27.5101Sonoma County, CA25.1115San Mateo County,
CA24.2125Santa Clara County, CA23.7 B. Public Transit Share of
Commute-to-Work ("Commute Mode Share") (Large Counties) San Francisco
County residents workers ranked seventh of the nation's 236 counties in
terms of transit share for the journey-to-work, in year 2004, at 29.6
percent transit commute.Alameda County ranked 19th in the U.S. in 2004
transit commute share at 12.2 percent.Contra Costa County ranked 30th in
the U.S. in 2004 transit commute share at 9.1 percent.San Mateo County
ranked 37th in the U.S. in 2004 transit commute share at 8.3 percent.The
U.S. Counties with the largest 2004 transit commute share are Bronx
County and Kings County (Brooklyn) at 57.9 percent. New York County
(Manhattan) ranks third in the U.S. at 56.0 percent. Large U.S. Counties
Ranked by Transit Share in Journey-to-Work, 2004RankCounty Percent
Transit 1Bronx County, NY57.9 1Kings County, NY57.9 3New York County,
NY56.0 4Queens County, NY49.5 5Hudson County, NJ40.0 6District of
Columbia, DC33.6 7San Francisco County, CA29.6 8Suffolk County, MA29.4
9Philadelphia County, PA27.0 10Richmond County, NY25.0 19Alameda County,
CA12.2 30Contra Costa County, CA9.1 37San Mateo County, CA8.3 102Santa
Clara County, CA2.6 102Solano County, CA2.6129Sonoma County, CA1.9
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Charles L. Purvis, AICP
Principal Transportation Planner/Analyst
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street
Oakland, CA 94607-4700
(510) 817-5755 (office) [new, 8/1/05]
(510) 817-7848 (fax) [new, 8/1/05]
www: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/
Census WWW: http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/
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