Transportation-Related Characteristics from Census 2000

(This page was created 5/17/02 and updated 9/18/02.)

The first set of new “long form” data from the year 2000 decennial census is now available. This page provides links to some of the relevant transportation-related statistics based on historical and current census data.

The “long form” was answered by approximately 1-in-6 residents in the United States, and about 1-in-8 urban households. This means that the Bay Area census data is based on responses from over 300,000 households.

This current census data release is part of the Census Bureau’s “Demographic Profile” series. Profiles for your community can be obtained from the Census Bureau’s web site at: http://censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml.

More comprehensive data analyses will be forthcoming in future MTC Transactions and MTC Census Data Summaries.

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County and Regional Comparisons (Tables in HTML format)

• Workers by Means of Transportation to Work – 1980-2000
• Workers by Means of Transportation to Work – 1960-2000
• Average Travel Time to Work – 1980-2000
• Growth in Employed Residents – 1980-2000
• Households by Vehicle Availability – 1960-2000
• Household Vehicles Available – 1960-2000
• Residential Mobility – Place-of-Residence in 1975, 1985 and 1995
• Disability by Age – 2000
• Poverty Status for Families and Individuals – 1990-2000

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Place-Level Rankings (Tables in HTML format)

• "The Long and the Short of It" Bay Area Places with the Longest and Shortest Average Commute Duration
• "Where’s Waldon?" Bay Area Places Ranked by Transit Commute Share (> 10.0 percent)
• "Walk This Way" Bay Area Places Ranked by Share of Commuters Walking to Work (Top 25)
• "There’s No Place Like Home" Bay Area Places Ranked by Share of Workers Working at Home (Top 25)
• "I’d Rather be Alone" Bay Area Places Ranked by Share of Commuters Driving Alone to Work (Top 25)
• "Share the Road" Bay Area Places Ranked by Share of Commuters Carpooling to Work (Top 25)
• "Car Free Bay Area" Bay Area Places Ranked by Share of Households with Zero Vehicles (Top 25)

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Detailed Place-Level Comparisons – 1990-2000 (Tables in Excel Workbooks)

MTC’s EXCEL databases are available for the 160 Bay Area places, comparing 1990 and 2000 commute to work characteristics. This EXCEL workbook can be downloaded from MTC’s internet site. Other databases are available by pointing your web browser to MTC's "File Transfer Protocol" (FTP) site at: ftp://ftp.abag.ca.gov/pub/mtc/census2000/DP2-4/

The comparison tables in this workbook include:

Table A.1 Change in Average Commute Time, 1990-2000, by Bay Area Place-of-Residence

Table B.1. Commute Mode Shares by Bay Area Place-of-Residence, 1990-2000, Ranked by Total Workers, 2000

Table C.1. Transit-to-Work Shares in Bay Area Places, 1990-2000

Table C.2. Carpool-to-Work Shares in Bay Area Places, 1990-2000

Table C.3. Walk-to-Work Shares in Bay Area Places, 1990-2000

Table C.4. Work-at-Home Shares in Bay Area Places, 1990-2000

Table C.5. Drive Alone-to-Work Shares in Bay Area Places, 1990-2000

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When is . . . census data available?

Summary File #3 was released August 27, 2002 for the state of California. This is the detailed "long form" data available down to the census tract and block group level. The Summary File #3 also includes many other variables and tables not included in these four-page demographic profiles.

To keep current on all Census 2000 data happenings, visit the MTC/ABAG census web site, at http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/ and subscribe to the internet mailing list (listserv) "bayareacensus."

For more information on transportation-related data from the decennial census, contact David Ory of MTC at 510-817-5755 (e-mail: dory@mtc.ca.gov), or the MTC/ABAG library at 510-817-5836 (e-mail: library@mtc.ca.gov).

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Page Created: 5/17/02 CLP
Page Updated: 9/18/02 CLP
Page Updated: 4/19/04 CLP