[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 ************************************************************** 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/ **************************************************************