This page looks at over- or under-representation of people of color and low-income commuters among those who walk to work or take transit to work. Unless otherwise noted, the figures on this page were updated in 2021. Walking, biking, and taking transit all provide options to get to work that tend to be cheaper than using a personal car or truck, for this reason people with lower incomes tend to be over-represented among walking, biking, and transit commuters.
The Benchmarking Report has not typically reported demographics on bicycling to work because demographic data on who rides a bicycle to work is not available in tabular data at the city level. The Census Bureau produced some national demographics data about who bikes to work in 2014. 23
Data on this page:
- Low Income Commuters & Walking to Work
- Low Income Commuters & Taking Transit to Work
- Commuters of Color & Walking to Work
- Commuters of Color & Taking Transit to Work
- Women Walking to Work
- Women Biking to Work
Low Income Commuters & Walking to Work
Low Income Commuters & Taking Transit to Work
Commuters of Color & Walking to Work
Commuters of Color & Taking Transit to Work
Women Walking to Work
Footnote 41
Women Biking to Work
Footnote 42
Brian McKenzie. U.S. Census Bureau. Modes Less Traveled – Bicycling and Walking to Work in the United States: 2008-2012 (2014). Available at https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/acs-25.pdf
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B17001 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, low-income refers to workers making 150% of the federal poverty level or less).
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08122 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B17001 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, low-income refers to workers making 150% of the federal poverty level or less).
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08122 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B17001 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, low-income refers to workers making 150% of the federal poverty level or less).
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08122 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B17001 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, low-income refers to workers making 150% of the federal poverty level or less).
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08122 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08105H 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, “People of Color” refers to all persons who are not “White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino”).
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08105H 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, “People of Color” refers to all persons who are not “White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino”).
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08105H 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, “People of Color” refers to all persons who are not “White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino”).
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 1-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/ pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. ACS Table B08105H 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. (For the purpose of this chart, “People of Color” refers to all persons who are not “White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino”).
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/1st/pages/index.xhtml.
U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey (ACS) Table B08006 5-year estimate (2016). Available at https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/1st/pages/index.xhtml.