Here is a link to the Census "long form" which includes the "journey to
work" questions.
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/d02p.pdf
Yes, it only the trip TO work. And, yes, you can double it to approximate a "round
trip." Results from the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)
http://nhts.ornl.gov/2001/index.shtml show that many more people STOP on their way home
from work, we call this "trip chaining." Results from the 1995 NPTS show that
60% of women, and nearly 50% of men make a stop on their way from work to home. So, the
result is the that trip from work to home, including one or 2 stops is often considerably
longer than the trip TO work.
http://www-cta.ornl.gov/npts/1995/Doc/Chain2.pdf
Thank you for sharing the Arbitron application. You may also be interested in the
county-level CTPP profiles that were released last October.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ctpp/dataprod.htm
These have a few tables, including comparisons to 1990 results, and tables of commute time
by mode of travel, and vehicle availability by household size. This same link also has
information on the Census Bureau's County-to-County worker flow data.
The CTPP Part 1 (residence) tables will begin release in a few weeks. They will be mailed
initially to the State DOTs and MPOs for their review, before they are released broadly
and publicly.
Elaine Murakami
Federal Highway Administration
206-220-4460