Houston, Harris County & Metropolitan
Journey to Work Market Share 1990-2000

2000 Journey to Work Data
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	841,686	604,686	133,983	49,441	19,413	14,457	19,706
Balance of Harris County	673,907	543,220	87,870	12,611	7,334	6,383	16,489
Harris County	1,515,593	1,147,906	221,853	62,052	26,747	20,840	36,195
Balance of Metropolitan Area	566,014	455,669	74,595	6,197	6,899	7,205	15,449
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	2,081,607	1,603,575	296,448	68,249	33,646	28,045	51,644
2000 Market Share
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	100.0%	71.8%	15.9%	5.9%	2.3%	1.7%	2.3%
Balance of Harris County	100.0%	80.6%	13.0%	1.9%	1.1%	0.9%	2.4%
Harris County	100.0%	75.7%	14.6%	4.1%	1.8%	1.4%	2.4%
Balance of Metropolitan Area	100.0%	80.5%	13.2%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	2.7%
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	100.0%	77.0%	14.2%	3.3%	1.6%	1.3%	2.5%
1990-2000 Numeric Change
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	68,729	50,750	14,212	(918)	(3,781)	4,196	4,270
Balance of Harris County	90,664	75,310	11,707	624	(1,456)	16	4,463
Harris County	159,393	126,060	25,919	(294)	(5,237)	4,212	8,733
Balance of Metropolitan Area	162,418	139,118	14,130	2,003	(942)	1,538	6,571
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	321,811	265,178	40,049	1,709	(6,179)	5,750	15,304
1990-2000 Percentage Change
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	8.9%	9.2%	11.9%	-1.8%	-16.3%	40.9%	27.7%
Balance of Harris County	15.5%	16.1%	15.4%	5.2%	-16.6%	0.3%	37.1%
Harris County	11.8%	12.3%	13.2%	-0.5%	-16.4%	25.3%	31.8%
Balance of Metropolitan Area	40.2%	43.9%	23.4%	47.8%	-12.0%	27.1%	74.0%
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	18.3%	19.8%	15.6%	2.6%	-15.5%	25.8%	42.1%
1990-2000 Market Share Change
Area		Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston		0.2%	2.7%	-9.8%	-23.1%	29.4%	17.2%
Balance of Harris County		0.5%	-0.2%	-8.9%	-27.8%	-13.2%	18.7%
Harris County		0.5%	1.3%	-10.9%	-25.2%	12.1%	17.9%
Balance of Metropolitan Area		2.6%	-12.0%	5.4%	-37.3%	-9.3%	24.1%
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)		1.3%	-2.3%	-13.3%	-28.6%	6.3%	20.1%
1990-2000 Share of Change
Area		Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston		73.8%	20.7%	-1.3%	-5.5%	6.1%	6.2%
Balance of Harris County		83.1%	12.9%	0.7%	-1.6%	0.0%	4.9%
Harris County		79.1%	16.3%	-0.2%	-3.3%	2.6%	5.5%
Balance of Metropolitan Area		85.7%	8.7%	1.2%	-0.6%	0.9%	4.0%
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)		82.4%	12.4%	0.5%	-1.9%	1.8%	4.8%
1990 Journey to Work Data
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	772,957	553,936	119,771	50,359	23,194	10,261	15,436
Balance of Harris County	583,243	467,910	76,163	11,987	8,790	6,367	12,026
Harris County	1,356,200	1,021,846	195,934	62,346	31,984	16,628	27,462
Balance of Metropolitan Area	403,596	316,551	60,465	4,194	7,841	5,667	8,878
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	1,759,796	1,338,397	256,399	66,540	39,825	22,295	36,340
1990 Market Share
Area	Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicles	Car Pool	Transit	Walk	Other	Work at Home
City of Houston	100.0%	71.7%	15.5%	6.5%	3.0%	1.3%	2.0%
Balance of Harris County	100.0%	80.2%	13.1%	2.1%	1.5%	1.1%	2.1%
Harris County	100.0%	75.3%	14.4%	4.6%	2.4%	1.2%	2.0%
Balance of Metropolitan Area	100.0%	78.4%	15.0%	1.0%	1.9%	1.4%	2.2%
Houston Metropolitan Area (CMSA)	100.0%	76.1%	14.6%	3.8%	2.3%	1.3%	2.1%
Calculated from US Census data.