Spring 2002 vs. Fall 2001 Arbitron population estimates

Average Travel Time to Work Comparison in Minutes for

All Markets

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Market	Rank	2000	1990	Percent Change
Abilene, TX	266	17.5	15.7	11.4%
Akron	113	23.0	20.7	11.2%
Albany, GA	236	19.4	16.7	15.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	125	22.7	20.4	11.3%
Albuquerque	117	22.9	20.3	12.7%
Alexandria, LA	37	26.7	21.7	22.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem	66	25.0	20.9	19.7%
Altoona	216	20.2	16.3	23.9%
Amarillo, TX	250	18.4	17.3	6.4%
Anchorage	234	19.5	18.3	6.2%
Ann Arbor	138	22.2	19.5	13.4%
Appleton-Oshkosh	255	18.1	15.9	13.6%
Asheville	147	22.0	19.3	13.8%
Atlanta	12	31.2	26.0	20.3%
Atlantic City-Cape May	97	23.6	19.9	18.2%
Augusta, GA	90	23.9	21.7	10.1%
Augusta-Waterville, ME	129	22.6	19.3	17.1%
Austin	57	25.5	21.7	17.8%
Bakersfield	105	23.3	20.3	14.6%
Baltimore	15	29.8	26.0	14.6%
Bangor	159	21.8	18.5	18.3%
Baton Rouge	66	25.0	22.7	9.8%
Battle Creek, MI	220	20.1	17.5	14.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	147	22.0	19.7	11.8%
Beckley, WV	43	26.3	20.9	25.5%
Billings, MT	257	17.9	16.1	11.2%
Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS	97	23.6	20.6	14.7%
Binghamton	216	20.2	17.4	16.1%
Birmingham	40	26.6	23.1	15.2%
Bismarck, ND	283	16.1	13.1	23.3%
Blksbrg-Chrstnbrg-Rdfrd-Plski, VA	172	21.5	18.6	15.2%
Bloomington	273	17.0	16.0	6.1%
Bluefield, WV	54	25.6	20.6	24.2%
Boise	216	20.2	17.3	16.7%
Boston	28	28.4	24.1	17.9%
Bowling Green	154	21.9	18.7	17.2%
Bridgeport	49	26.0	21.6	20.6%
Brunswick, GA	230	19.6	16.7	17.4%
Bryan-College Station, TX	278	16.7	15.1	10.6%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	189	21.1	19.4	8.6%
Burlington-Plattsburgh	179	21.3	18.0	18.5%
Canton	164	21.7	19.2	13.2%
Cape Cod, MA	86	24.1	19.6	22.9%
Casper, WY	278	16.7	15.3	9.1%
Cedar Rapids	259	17.8	16.1	10.6%
Champaign, IL	276	16.8	15.0	12.4%
Charleston, SC	74	24.6	23.0	6.9%
Charleston, WV	113	23.0	19.9	15.9%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	46	26.1	21.6	20.8%
Charlottesville, VA	120	22.8	19.2	18.4%
Chattanooga	93	23.8	22.1	7.7%
Cheyenne, WY	280	16.3	13.8	18.3%
Chicago	13	31.1	28.1	10.9%
Chico, CA	194	20.9	17.4	20.4%
Cincinnati	78	24.3	22.4	8.3%
Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN- KY	113	23.0	19.0	21.3%
Cleveland	78	24.3	22.4	8.6%
Colorado Springs	137	22.3	18.8	18.6%
Columbia, MO	259	17.8	16.7	6.4%
Columbia, SC	102	23.5	20.6	14.3%
Columbus, GA	212	20.3	17.4	17.2%
Columbus, OH	107	23.2	21.2	9.1%
Columbus-Starkville-West Point, MS	224	19.9	17.1	16.4%
Cookeville TN	147	22.0	18.6	18.1%
Corpus Christi	201	20.7	19.2	7.6%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	30	27.4	24.1	13.8%
Danbury, CT	17	29.6	24.7	19.5%
Dayton	183	21.2	19.8	7.4%
Daytona Beach	59	25.4	20.9	21.7%
Decatur, IL	253	18.2	16.5	10.4%
Denver-Boulder	49	26.0	22.4	16.1%
Des Moines	244	18.9	17.4	8.4%
Detroit	41	26.5	23.7	11.9%
Dothan, AL	167	21.6	18.3	18.1%
Dubuque, IA	264	17.7	15.8	12.1%
Duluth-Superior	227	19.8	17.6	12.7%
Eau Claire, WI	246	18.7	16.3	15.1%
El Paso	125	22.7	20.0	13.2%
Elizabeth City-Nags Head	45	26.2	22.1	18.5%
Elmira-Corning, NY	207	20.5	17.7	16.1%
Erie	248	18.5	16.5	12.0%
Eugene-Springfield	224	19.9	18.1	9.8%
Evansville	212	20.3	18.2	11.7%
Fargo-Moorhead	281	16.2	14.6	11.0%
Fayetteville (North West Arkansas)	230	19.6	16.6	18.4%
Fayetteville, NC	102	23.5	18.3	28.3%
Flagstaff-Prescott, AZ	194	20.9	16.0	30.5%
Flint	54	25.6	20.7	23.4%
Florence, SC	97	23.6	18.6	26.5%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	96	23.7	20.6	15.0%
Frederick, MD	10	31.9	28.3	12.9%
Fredericksburg	2	35.8	30.9	15.7%
Fresno	138	22.2	19.1	16.3%
Ft. Collins-Greeley, CO	172	21.5	18.4	16.9%
Ft. Myers-Naples-Marco Island	73	24.7	20.4	21.1%
Ft. Pierce-Stuart-Vero Beach	77	24.4	20.0	21.9%
Ft. Smith, AR	143	22.1	19.3	14.5%
Ft. Walton Beach, FL	154	21.9	18.0	21.9%
Ft. Wayne	198	20.8	19.2	8.4%
Gainesville-Ocala	86	24.1	20.0	20.5%
Grand Forks, ND-MN	286	15.1	13.2	13.9%
Grand Junction, CO	248	18.5	15.9	16.3%
Grand Rapids	212	20.3	18.1	12.6%
Great Falls, MT	284	15.9	14.5	9.9%
Green Bay	266	17.5	16.0	9.0%
Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point	134	22.4	18.9	18.6%
Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville, NC	143	22.1	18.8	17.8%
Greenville-Spartanburg, SC	130	22.5	18.6	21.0%
Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD-PA	89	24.0	20.3	18.3%
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle	147	22.0	19.5	12.8%
Harrisonburg, VA	222	20.0	17.8	12.1%
Hartford-New Britain-Middletown	130	22.5	20.4	10.3%
Honolulu	31	27.3	24.8	10.0%
Houston-Galveston	24	28.8	26.1	10.4%
Huntington-Ashland	83	24.2	19.7	22.7%
Huntsville	138	22.2	20.3	9.6%
Indianapolis	90	23.9	21.9	9.0%
Ithaca, NY	259	17.8	16.4	8.1%
Jackson, MS	107	23.2	20.2	14.7%
Jackson, TN	241	19.0	17.5	8.6%
Jacksonville	37	26.7	22.6	18.1%
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol	134	22.4	19.5	14.7%
Johnstown	138	22.2	18.4	20.6%
Jonesboro, AR	253	18.2	15.8	15.3%
Joplin, Mo	238	19.1	17.3	10.5%
Kalamazoo	228	19.7	17.4	13.7%
Kansas City	120	22.8	21.4	6.5%
Killeen-Temple, TX	189	21.1	16.4	28.8%
Knoxville	107	23.2	21.3	8.9%
Lafayette, IN	270	17.3	15.6	11.0%
Lafayette, LA	43	26.3	21.0	25.5%
Lake Charles, LA	210	20.4	18.8	8.2%
Lakeland-Winter Haven	59	25.4	20.6	23.5%
Lancaster	164	21.7	18.4	18.3%
Lansing-East Lansing	183	21.2	19.0	11.6%
Laredo, TX	164	21.7	17.5	24.2%
Las Vegas	78	24.3	20.4	19.4%
Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS	120	22.8	19.2	19.1%
Lawton, OK	274	16.9	15.2	11.2%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	105	23.3	20.0	16.5%
Lexington-Fayette	183	21.2	18.6	13.8%
Lima, OH	252	18.3	16.6	10.2%
Lincoln	259	17.8	16.2	9.5%
Little Rock	117	22.9	19.5	17.6%
Los Angeles	24	28.8	26.2	9.8%
Louisville	120	22.8	21.3	6.9%
Lubbock	271	17.1	16.3	5.3%
Macon	143	22.1	18.6	19.0%
Madison	203	20.6	18.4	11.6%
Manchester	66	25.0	22.5	11.1%
Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter, MN	284	15.9	13.5	17.7%
Marion-Carbondale (Southern IL)	203	20.6	17.4	18.2%
Mason City, IA	276	16.8	14.1	19.3%
McAllen-Brownsville-Harlingen	198	20.8	17.6	18.1%
Meadville-Franklin, PA	177	21.4	17.8	20.2%
Medford-Ashland, OR	244	18.9	16.7	13.3%
Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa	75	24.5	20.6	18.7%
Memphis	75	24.5	21.6	13.5%
Merced, CA	41	26.5	17.5	51.7%
Meridian, MS	179	21.3	18.0	18.7%
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood	22	28.9	24.1	20.0%
Middlesex-Somerset-Union	14	30.3	25.5	19.0%
Milwaukee-Racine	143	22.1	20.0	10.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul	97	23.6	21.2	11.6%
Mobile	59	25.4	21.9	15.9%
Modesto	34	26.9	22.5	19.6%
Monmouth-Ocean	4	33.8	27.1	24.6%
Monroe, LA	210	20.4	18.4	10.8%
Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz	64	25.2	20.6	22.2%
Montgomery	125	22.7	19.4	16.8%
Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont, WV	147	22.0	18.5	19.1%
Morristown, NJ	18	29.4	25.7	14.4%
Muncie-Marion, IN	224	19.9	17.7	12.5%
Muskegon, MI	198	20.8	18.3	13.4%
Myrtle Beach, SC	86	24.1	19.3	25.3%
Nashville	52	25.8	22.7	13.7%
Nassau-Suffolk (Long Island)	5	33.0	30.0	10.1%
New Bedford-Fall River, MA	107	23.2	19.2	20.4%
New Haven	107	23.2	20.1	15.3%
New London, CT	138	22.2	19.8	12.1%
New Orleans	37	26.7	24.4	9.6%
New York	3	35.1	31.1	12.7%
Newburgh-Middletown, NY (Mid Hudson Valley)	8	32.5	27.2	19.3%
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News	93	23.8	21.6	10.0%
Odessa-Midland, TX	247	18.6	17.0	9.4%
Oklahoma City	147	22.0	20.3	8.3%
Olean, NY	172	21.5	17.4	24.0%
Omaha-Council Bluffs	238	19.1	18.0	5.9%
Orlando	34	26.9	22.9	17.5%
Oxnard-Ventura	102	23.5	21.8	7.6%
Palm Springs, CA	125	22.7	18.5	22.2%
Panama City, Fl	167	21.6	17.5	23.3%
Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH	194	20.9	18.0	16.1%
Pensacola	71	24.8	20.0	24.2%
Peoria	228	19.7	18.1	8.9%
Philadelphia	26	28.7	24.8	15.7%
Phoenix	46	26.1	22.3	16.7%
Pittsburgh	62	25.3	22.5	12.7%
Portland, ME	147	22.0	18.7	17.3%
Portland, OR	78	24.3	21.4	13.2%
Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester	32	27.1	23.9	13.2%
Poughkeepsie, NY	15	29.8	24.6	21.5%
Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket	97	23.6	19.8	19.2%
Pueblo	201	20.7	17.1	20.9%
Puerto Rico	18	29.4	26.1	12.6%
Quad Cities (Davenport-Rock Island-Moline)	241	19.0	17.4	9.4%
Raleigh-Durham	70	24.9	20.2	23.1%
Rapid City, SD	268	17.4	16.5	5.7%
Reading, PA	134	22.4	18.7	19.5%
Redding, CA	194	20.9	17.2	21.8%
Reno	241	19.0	17.1	11.6%
Richmond	78	24.3	21.8	11.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino	11	31.5	28.0	12.8%
Roanoke-Lynchburg	159	21.8	18.8	16.0%
Rochester, MN	257	17.9	16.0	11.8%
Rochester, NY	189	21.1	19.8	6.7%
Rockford	159	21.8	18.2	19.8%
Sacramento	51	25.9	22.0	17.5%
Saginaw-Bay City-Midland	172	21.5	18.9	13.8%
Salisbury-Ocean City	112	23.1	18.3	26.0%
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo	154	21.9	19.4	12.9%
San Angelo, TX	259	17.8	15.7	13.2%
San Antonio	66	25.0	22.3	12.0%
San Diego	62	25.3	22.2	14.2%
San Francisco	18	29.4	25.6	14.8%
San Jose	46	26.1	23.3	12.0%
San Luis Obispo, CA	183	21.2	18.3	15.4%
Santa Barbara, CA	271	17.1	16.4	4.3%
Santa Fe, NM	183	21.2	18.5	14.4%
Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA	154	21.9	20.2	8.9%
Santa Rosa	36	26.8	24.1	11.6%
Sarasota-Bradenton	130	22.5	18.7	20.0%
Savannah	83	24.2	20.9	15.6%
Seattle-Tacoma	29	27.7	24.1	14.7%
Sebring, FL	113	23.0	16.3	40.9%
Sheboygan, WI	274	16.9	14.8	13.8%
Shreveport	154	21.9	19.5	12.6%
Sioux City, IA	265	17.6	15.2	15.5%
South Bend	216	20.2	18.1	11.4%
Spokane	179	21.3	18.7	14.0%
Springfield, IL	234	19.5	17.8	9.5%
Springfield, MA	159	21.8	18.9	15.4%
Springfield, MO	193	21.0	19.5	7.5%
St. Cloud, MN	220	20.1	17.1	17.2%
St. Louis	57	25.5	23.2	9.9%
Stamford-Norwalk, CT	27	28.5	23.8	19.9%
State College, PA	230	19.6	17.1	14.8%
Stockton	21	29.2	21.9	33.4%
Sussex, NJ	1	38.3	33.3	15.1%
Syracuse	203	20.6	19.0	8.4%
Tallahassee	120	22.8	19.0	19.6%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	54	25.6	21.8	17.4%
Terre Haute	189	21.1	19.3	9.6%
Texarkana, TX-AR	212	20.3	18.8	7.7%
Toledo	207	20.5	18.6	10.2%
Topeka	203	20.6	19.0	8.5%
Traverse City-Petoskey, MI	167	21.6	17.5	22.9%
Trenton, NJ	32	27.1	22.1	22.6%
Tri-Cities, WA (Richland-Kennewick-Pasco)	177	21.4	19.2	11.1%
Tucson	90	23.9	20.6	16.1%
Tulsa	167	21.6	19.9	8.5%
Tupelo, MS	130	22.5	19.5	15.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL	183	21.2	18.4	15.2%
Tyler-Longview, TX	172	21.5	18.7	15.3%
Utica-Rome	207	20.5	17.5	17.5%
Victor Valley, CA	9	32.0	25.7	24.4%
Visalia-Tulare-Hanford	167	21.6	17.8	21.6%
Waco, TX	222	20.0	17.3	15.8%
Washington, DC	6	32.7	29.5	10.6%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls	281	16.2	15.2	6.8%
Watertown, NY	250	18.4	16.3	12.8%
Wausau-Stevens Point, WI (Central WI)	255	18.1	15.7	15.1%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton	53	25.7	20.9	23.1%
Westchester	6	32.7	29.3	11.9%
Wheeling	117	22.9	19.8	15.5%
Wichita	238	19.1	18.1	5.6%
Wichita Falls, TX	268	17.4	15.5	12.7%
Wilkes Barre-Scranton	93	23.8	18.7	27.6%
Williamsport, PA	230	19.6	16.6	18.1%
Wilmington, DE	71	24.8	20.8	19.6%
Wilmington, NC	159	21.8	19.3	13.4%
Winchester, VA	22	28.9	24.9	16.0%
Worcester	64	25.2	21.4	17.6%
Yakima, WA	236	19.4	16.5	18.1%
York	83	24.2	20.4	18.7%
Youngstown-Warren	179	21.3	18.8	12.9%

Total U.S.		25.5	22.4	13.8%

Notes About the Data
Average Commute Time data is drawn from responses to the "long form" version of the 2000 and 1990 Censuses. The data are arithmetic means for workers who do not work at home. Long form information is based on responses from a sample of households that were asked additional questions about their commuting, education, occupation, income and housing. The data are subject to sampling and non-sampling error. The types and directions of the errors, however, should be similar for both the 1990 and the 2000 data.

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