US Census Press Releases

                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                     FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2003

                                
Robert Bernstein                                                CB03-112
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               Census Bureau Releases Commuting 
              and Housing Data for 13 Metro Areas

  The U.S. Census Bureau today released new housing and journey-to-work data 
for 13 metropolitan areas.

  The 2002 American Housing Survey, sponsored by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, includes statistics on such journey-to-work topics
as mode of transportation, departure time for work, travel time and
distance from home to work. Also included is information on housing
topics: for example, presence of refrigerators, microwaves and
air-conditioning; number of rooms; housing deficiencies.

  Examples of some of the findings:

It took workers in the Dallas, Texas, primary metropolitan area an 
average of 24 minutes to reach their jobs each day; for those in the 
Buffalo, N.Y., metro area, the average was 18 minutes.

Ten percent of workers in the Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., metro 
area and the San Diego, Calif., metro area carpooled to work; 13 percent 
of those in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif., metro area did 
so.          
                                
On a scale of 1-to-10, with 10 being the highest, 30 percent of 
homeowners in  Buffalo, N.Y., rated their neighborhoods a perfect "10."
  
Ninety-one percent of workers in Charlotte, N.C., typically leave 
home for work after 6 a.m.

Fifteen percent of workers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., metro 
area work at home.
  
Fifteen percent of homeowners in the Kansas City, Mo., metro area 
reported crime in their neighborhoods.
  
Seventy-three percent of homeowners in the Milwaukee, Wis., metro area 
lived in homes valued at $100,000 or more.
  
Nearly 100 percent of workers in the Portland, Ore., metro area 
typically commute fewer than 50 miles each day, from home to work.
  
  The metropolitan area definitions are those in effect in 2002. Printed
reports will be available later in the year.

  As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and
other sources of error.

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