S0802: Means of Transportation to Work by Selected Characteristics

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.


Subject

Percent of total

 

MOE

 

Percent of car, truck, or van -- drove alone

 

MOE

 

Percent of car, truck, or van -- carpooled

 

MOE

 

Percent of public transportation (excluding taxicab)

 

MOE

 

Mean travel time to work (minutes) for workers who did not work at home

 

MOE

 

Workers 16 years and over

5,440,540

+/-37642

4,270,259

+/-43525

511,389

+/-23858

271,499

+/-17970

25.1

+/-0.5

AGE

16 to 19 years

4.0

+/-0.2

3.4

+/-0.2

7.9

+/-1.0

2.7

+/-1.0

16.1

+/-1.0

20 to 24 years

8.9

+/-0.3

8.3

+/-0.3

12.5

+/-1.5

11.0

+/-1.9

24.6

+/-1.4

25 to 44 years

44.2

+/-0.4

44.4

+/-0.5

43.9

+/-2.1

50.2

+/-3.0

26.3

+/-0.6

45 to 54 years

25.8

+/-0.3

26.9

+/-0.4

21.4

+/-1.5

20.5

+/-2.2

25.4

+/-0.8

55 to 59 years

8.7

+/-0.3

8.7

+/-0.3

7.7

+/-1.3

9.1

+/-1.8

25.5

+/-0.9

60 to 61 years

2.4

+/-0.2

2.5

+/-0.2

1.7

+/-0.4

2.0

+/-0.8

22.8

+/-1.6

62 to 64 years

2.3

+/-0.2

2.3

+/-0.2

1.9

+/-0.6

2.3

+/-0.6

24.9

+/-2.1

65 years and over

3.7

+/-0.2

3.6

+/-0.2

2.9

+/-0.8

2.3

+/-0.8

19.7

+/-1.1

 

Median age (years)

42.2

+/-0.2

42.7

+/-0.2

38.3

+/-1.0

39.6

+/-1.1

(X)

(X)

 

SEX

Male

53.4

+/-0.3

54.1

+/-0.4

53.9

+/-2.3

41.6

+/-2.7

27.1

+/-0.7

Female

46.6

+/-0.3

45.9

+/-0.4

46.1

+/-2.3

58.4

+/-2.7

22.8

+/-0.5

 

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN

One race

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

White

88.2

+/-0.4

91.0

+/-0.4

83.7

+/-2.0

50.7

+/-3.2

24.1

+/-0.5

Black or African American

7.6

+/-0.3

5.6

+/-0.3

8.0

+/-1.5

42.0

+/-3.0

33.9

+/-2.5

American Indian and Alaska Native

0.1

+/-0.1

0.1

+/-0.1

0.1

+/-0.1

0.1

+/-0.2

37.6

+/-16.9

Asian

2.1

+/-0.1

1.8

+/-0.1

4.0

+/-1.0

3.6

+/-1.3

27.7

+/-2.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Some other race

1.5

+/-0.2

1.1

+/-0.2

3.4

+/-1.0

2.9

+/-1.2

32.2

+/-4.7

Two or more races

0.6

+/-0.1

0.5

+/-0.1

0.8

+/-0.4

0.7

+/-0.4

28.2

+/-5.0

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

2.9

+/-0.2

2.3

+/-0.2

5.6

+/-1.3

4.8

+/-1.5

27.8

+/-2.6

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

86.8

+/-0.4

89.8

+/-0.5

81.8

+/-2.1

49.1

+/-3.2

27.8

+/-2.6

 

CITIZENSHIP STATUS

Native

94.7

+/-0.3

95.4

+/-0.3

91.1

+/-1.6

90.6

+/-1.7

24.8

+/-0.5

Foreign born

5.3

+/-0.3

4.6

+/-0.3

8.9

+/-1.6

9.4

+/-1.7

30.0

+/-1.7

Naturalized U.S. citizen

2.8

+/-0.3

2.6

+/-0.3

4.0

+/-0.9

3.8

+/-1.3

30.3

+/-2.2

Not a U.S. citizen

2.5

+/-0.2

2.0

+/-0.3

5.0

+/-1.2

5.6

+/-1.5

29.6

+/-2.8

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND ABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH

Speak language other than English

7.8

+/-0.4

6.4

+/-0.3

13.4

+/-1.7

11.7

+/-2.3

27.2

+/-1.4

Speak English "very well"

5.0

+/-0.3

4.3

+/-0.3

6.3

+/-1.2

7.7

+/-1.9

27.1

+/-1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

2.8

+/-0.2

2.1

+/-0.2

7.1

+/-1.2

4.0

+/-1.4

27.4

+/-2.9

 

MARITAL STATUS

Never married

26.8

+/-0.6

24.6

+/-0.6

32.3

+/-2.2

46.9

+/-3.6

24.4

+/-0.9

Now married, except separated

59.0

+/-0.8

61.2

+/-0.8

55.5

+/-2.5

35.6

+/-3.5

25.4

+/-0.5

Divorced or separated

12.2

+/-0.6

12.3

+/-0.6

10.9

+/-1.5

14.8

+/-2.5

25.4

+/-1.1

Widowed

2.0

+/-0.2

2.0

+/-0.2

1.4

+/-0.5

2.7

+/-0.8

23.7

+/-2.3

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Workers 25 years and over

4,740,929

+/-35360

3,771,743

+/-33370

406,867

+/-21907

234,467

+/-16804

25.6

+/-0.5

Less than high school graduate

7.0

+/-0.3

5.7

+/-0.4

12.9

+/-1.5

10.4

+/-2.1

24.6

+/-1.5

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

36.5

+/-0.7

36.4

+/-0.8

40.7