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QT-P23. Journey to Work: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND CARPOOLING    
         Workers 16 and over 20,985 100.0%
Car, truck, or van 18,516 88.2%
      Drove alone 15,639 74.5%
      Carpooled 2,877 13.7%
        In 2-person carpool 2,325 11.1%
        In 3-person carpool 292 1.4%
        In 4-person carpool 94 0.4%
        In 5- or 6-person carpool 72 0.3%
        In 7-or-more-person carpool 94 0.4%
      Workers per car, truck, or van 1.09 (X)
Public transportation 163 0.8%
      Bus or trolley bus 163 0.8%
      Streetcar or trolley car (público in Puerto Rico) 0 0.0%
      Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
      Railroad 0 0.0%
      Ferryboat 0 0.0%
      Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle 35 0.2%
Bicycle 14 0.1%
Walked 1,292 6.2%
Other means 103 0.5%
Worked at home 862 4.1%
     
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 20,123 100.0%
Less than 10 minutes 4,262 21.2%
10 to 14 minutes 3,995 19.9%
15 to 19 minutes 3,852 19.1%
20 to 24 minutes 2,779 13.8%
25 to 29 minutes 852 4.2%
30 to 34 minutes 2,105 10.5%
35 to 44 minutes 620 3.1%
45 to 59 minutes 798 4.0%
60 to 89 minutes 475 2.4%
90 or more minutes 385 1.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 20.4 (X)
     
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 20,123 100.0%
5:00 to 5:59 a.m. 791 3.9%
6:00 to 6:29 a.m. 1,023 5.1%
6:30 to 6:59 a.m. 1,579 7.8%
7:00 to 7:29 a.m. 2,965 14.7%
7:30 to 7:59 a.m. 3,902 19.4%
8:00 to 8:29 a.m. 2,235 11.1%
8:30 to 8:59 a.m. 1,171 5.8%
9:00 to 11:59 a.m. 2,571 12.8%
12:00 to 3:59 p.m. 1,621 8.1%
All other times 2,265 11.3%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
.Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P30, P31, P33, P34, and P35.
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