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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Workers Commuting by Public Transportation

State: California
Measurement Period: 2018-2022
This indicator shows the percentage of workers aged 16 years and over who commute to work by public transportation.

Why is this important?

Public transportation offers mobility to U.S. residents, particularly people without cars. Transit can help bridge the spatial divide between people and jobs, services, and training opportunities. Public transportation is also beneficial because it reduces fuel consumption, minimizes air pollution, and relieves traffic congestion.
The Healthy People 2030 national health target is to increase trips to work made by mass transit to 5.3 percent.
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State: California

3.6%
Source: American Community Survey 5-Year
Measurement period: 2018-2022
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: February 2024
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Compared to U.S. States, California has a value of 3.6% which is in the best 50% of states. States in the best 50% have a value higher than 1.1% while states in the worst 25% have a value lower than 0.6%.
U.S. States
Compared to the US Value (3.8%), California has a value of 3.6% which is lower and worse.
US Value
(3.8%)
Over time, the California value is decreasing, significantly.
Trend
Compared to the HP 2030 Target (5.3%), the target has not been met.
HP 2030 Target
(5.3%)
Technical note: The U.S. Census Bureau calculates 90% confidence intervals for American Community Survey estimates. Use caution when interpreting values with wide confidence intervals. Confidence intervals that are farther away from estimates in either direction indicate uncertainty due to small survey sample sizes. The U.S. Census Bureau does not recommend comparing overlapping 5-year periods since much of the data in each estimate are the same. Use caution when comparing estimates for census tracts over time as these geographies are redefined with each decennial census according to population changes.
More details:
Data for this indicator can be found in tables DP03 (overall values), S0801 (gender breakout values), B08101 (age breakout values), and B08105B-I (race/ethnicity breakout values) on data.census.gov.
 
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Filed under: Community / Transportation, Physical Determinants of Health, Adults, Workforce

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