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QT-P23. Journey to Work: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND CARPOOLING    
         Workers 16 and over 7,665 100.0%
Car, truck, or van 7,196 93.9%
      Drove alone 5,611 73.2%
      Carpooled 1,585 20.7%
        In 2-person carpool 1,152 15.0%
        In 3-person carpool 185 2.4%
        In 4-person carpool 107 1.4%
        In 5- or 6-person carpool 70 0.9%
        In 7-or-more-person carpool 71 0.9%
      Workers per car, truck, or van 1.14 (X)
Public transportation 34 0.4%
      Bus or trolley bus 33 0.4%
      Streetcar or trolley car (público in Puerto Rico) 1 0.0%
      Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
      Railroad 0 0.0%
      Ferryboat 0 0.0%
      Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle 4 0.1%
Bicycle 0 0.0%
Walked 154 2.0%
Other means 57 0.7%
Worked at home 220 2.9%
     
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 7,445 100.0%
Less than 10 minutes 1,074 14.4%
10 to 14 minutes 1,040 14.0%
15 to 19 minutes 1,032 13.9%
20 to 24 minutes 940 12.6%
25 to 29 minutes 447 6.0%
30 to 34 minutes 1,142 15.3%
35 to 44 minutes 398 5.3%
45 to 59 minutes 609 8.2%
60 to 89 minutes 550 7.4%
90 or more minutes 213 2.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 27.0 (X)
     
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 7,445 100.0%
5:00 to 5:59 a.m. 586 7.9%
6:00 to 6:29 a.m. 950 12.8%
6:30 to 6:59 a.m. 793 10.7%
7:00 to 7:29 a.m. 1,052 14.1%
7:30 to 7:59 a.m. 1,178 15.8%
8:00 to 8:29 a.m. 701 9.4%
8:30 to 8:59 a.m. 300 4.0%
9:00 to 11:59 a.m. 403 5.4%
12:00 to 3:59 p.m. 538 7.2%
All other times 944 12.7%

 

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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