Travel to Work Characteristics for the 50 Largest Cities by Population in the United States: 1990 Census +--------------------------+----------+---------------------------+---------+ | | | | Average | | | Total |Means of transportation (%)| travel | | | +---------------------------+ | | | workers | Other | time | | | 16 years |Drove Car- Public means | to work | |City of Residence | and over |alone pool transit 1/ | (min.) | +--------------------------+----------+---------------------------+---------+ | | | | | |New York, NY..............|3,183,088 | 24.0 8.5 53.4 14.0 | 36.5 | |Los Angeles, CA...........|1,629,096 | 65.2 15.4 10.5 8.9 | 26.5 | |Chicago, IL...............|1,181,677 | 46.3 14.8 29.7 9.2 | 31.5 | |Houston, TX...............| 772,957 | 71.7 15.5 6.5 6.3 | 24.7 | |Philadelphia, PA..........| 640,577 | 44.7 13.2 28.7 13.5 | 27.4 | | | | | | |San Diego, CA.............| 560,913 | 70.7 12.8 4.2 12.2 | 20.4 | |Detroit, MI...............| 325,054 | 67.8 16.1 10.7 5.3 | 24.7 | |Dallas, TX................| 500,566 | 72.5 15.2 6.7 5.7 | 24.0 | |Phoenix, AZ...............| 473,966 | 73.7 15.1 3.3 7.9 | 23.0 | |San Antonio, TX...........| 395,551 | 73.4 15.5 4.9 6.2 | 21.7 | | | | | | |San Jose, CA..............| 400,932 | 76.9 14.6 3.5 5.1 | 25.5 | |Indianapolis, IN 2/.......| 362,777 | 78.0 13.4 3.3 5.2 | 20.8 | |Baltimore, MD.............| 307,679 | 50.9 16.8 22.0 10.2 | 26.0 | |San Francisco, CA.........| 382,309 | 38.5 11.5 33.5 16.5 | 26.9 | |Jacksonville, FL 2/.......| 312,958 | 75.5 14.2 2.7 7.6 | 21.6 | | | | | | |Columbus, OH..............| 319,004 | 76.5 11.9 4.7 6.9 | 20.3 | |Milwaukee, WI.............| 269,401 | 67.2 13.2 11.0 8.6 | 20.1 | |Memphis, TN...............| 263,322 | 75.4 15.1 4.7 4.8 | 20.8 | |Washington, DC............| 304,428 | 35.0 12.0 36.6 16.3 | 27.1 | |Boston, MA................| 282,528 | 40.1 10.5 31.5 17.9 | 24.9 | | | | | | |Seattle, WA...............| 279,784 | 58.7 11.8 15.9 13.6 | 22.0 | |El Paso, TX...............| 199,385 | 74.0 16.3 3.1 6.6 | 20.0 | |Nashville-Davidson, TN 2/.| 250,394 | 78.1 13.4 2.9 5.7 | 20.3 | |Cleveland, OH.............| 177,802 | 64.8 14.0 14.1 7.2 | 22.5 | |New Orleans, LA...........| 186,926 | 58.6 15.4 16.9 9.1 | 23.7 | | | | | | |Denver, CO................| 231,503 | 68.6 13.1 8.0 10.4 | 20.8 | |Austin, TX................| 244,258 | 73.6 13.3 5.1 7.9 | 19.1 | |Fort Worth, TX............| 204,846 | 76.7 16.3 1.7 5.3 | 21.0 | |Oklahoma City, OK.........| 209,648 | 80.8 12.8 1.1 5.3 | 19.3 | |Portland, OR..............| 214,270 | 65.0 12.9 11.0 11.1 | 20.3 | | | | | | |Kansas City, MO...........| 208,733 | 74.7 13.6 5.8 5.9 | 20.5 | |Long Beach, CA............| 202,302 | 70.0 13.2 6.0 10.9 | 25.1 | |Tucson, AZ................| 182,021 | 69.8 14.8 4.2 11.2 | 19.7 | |St. Louis, MO.............| 158,499 | 66.5 14.1 12.2 7.2 | 22.0 | |Charlotte, NC.............| 213,622 | 77.2 12.9 4.5 5.4 | 21.5 | | | | | | |Alanta, GA................| 172,063 | 61.2 11.6 20.0 7.2 | 24.2 | |Virginia Beach, VA........| 213,432 | 78.4 12.0 0.8 8.9 | 22.7 | |Albuquerque, NM...........| 187,368 | 78.0 12.1 2.0 7.9 | 18.5 | |Oakland, CA...............| 160,160 | 57.0 14.1 17.9 11.1 | 25.8 | |Pittsburgh, PA............| 150,956 | 48.9 13.5 22.2 15.3 | 21.1 | | | | | | |Sacramento, CA............| 159,203 | 71.7 15.5 4.0 8.8 | 19.9 | |Minneapolis, MN...........| 188,558 | 60.3 10.5 16.0 13.2 | 19.6 | |Tulsa, OK.................| 176,711 | 80.6 11.4 1.6 6.3 | 17.2 | |Honolulu CDP, HI..........| 193,364 | 54.9 19.7 13.4 11.9 | 21.7 | |Cincinnati, OH............| 155,705 | 67.4 12.6 11.2 8.9 | 21.1 | | | | | | |Miami, FL.................| 147,970 | 60.9 18.0 12.9 8.2 | 23.8 | |Fresno, CA................| 137,232 | 77.7 12.8 2.1 7.3 | 18.2 | |Omaha, NE.................| 166,449 | 78.0 12.2 3.2 6.8 | 17.3 | |Toledo, OH................| 137,772 | 81.5 10.5 3.0 5.2 | 17.9 | |Buffalo, NY...............| 127,790 | 61.6 13.7 13.4 11.3 | 19.1 | +--------------------------+----------+---------------------------+---------+ 1/ This category includes motorcycle, bicycle, walked only, worked at home, and all other means. 2/ The portion of the consolidated government minus the semi-independent places. Source: 1990 Census of Population, STF3C. Contact: Journey-to-Work and Migration Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, (301) 457-2454.