2015 Commuting Data

The share of commuters driving alone to work grew from 80.0 percent in 2014 to 80.3 percent in 2015, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. This increase came at the expense of carpoolers; the share of people taking transit, walking, and cycling remained the same.

The Census Bureau posted 2015 data early this month, giving data junkies lots of information to play with. The bureau has conducted the American Community Survey every year since 2005 based on surveys sent out to about 3.5 million households each year. This makes it far more reliable than a typical poll, which usually surveys only a few hundred people. However, the data should still be used with caution for small categories, such as the number of Latinos living in households with no cars who walk to work in Buffalo, New York.

To save you time, the Antiplanner has downloaded journey-to-work data, table B08301, for the nation, states, and counties, urbanized areas, and cities and other places. For comparison, I’ve also posted the same raw data for 2014: nation, states, and counties, urbanized areas, and cities and other places.

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The first 25 columns of each spreadsheet are the raw data, while the rest are my calculations. Columns Z through AE are the share of workers who drive alone, carpool, take transit, take rail transit, bicycle, walk, and work at home. (Categories left out include taxi, motorcycle, and other, but you can calculate those from the raw data if you wish.) Columns AH through AM are the share of commuters (workers minus work-at-homes) who drive alone, carpool, take transit, take rail transit, bicycle, and walk.

Later this week, I’ll post spreadsheets with other interesting data from the 2015 survey, including commuters by number of vehicles in the household; housing affordability; and population changes by race. In the meantime, you can download your own data from the Census Bureau’s Fact-finder.

Scroll down to “What we provide” and click on “Get data” next to American Community Survey. In the left column, click on “Topics” to find the subject you want to get data for, then on “Geographies” to pick the area you want data for. Click on “Race and ethnic groups” if you want data broken down by race as that isn’t always separated under “topics.” Then look down the list of tables in the center of the page to find the exact table you want. Notice that tables repeat by year and some tables are one-year estimates and others are three- and five-year estimates, meaning they combine data from several years to reduce the margins of error. For most data you probably one one-year estimates, but if you are looking for cities, your city might not show up unless you choose the three- or five-year data. Getting the data you want is something of an art; good luck.