Woodog

Where can I find data about the distance between the home and work? I want to be able to show that most folks (percentage wise) live within a certain distance of their primary dwelling (house, car, bridge overpass, etc.) Thanks in advance!

I had heard that most folks live within 10 miles of work, and many live within 5 miles of work.


Woodog

chephy

:confused: Um, most people live within distance 0 of their primary dwelling. Do you mean "work"?

Actually, I would be surprised if it turned out most Americans lived within 10 miles of work. But then what do I know?

MiRider

The census bureau website has average commute time for cities, counties, and states. This might give you a general idea of the distances people live from work. I recently got a local job - my commute went from 1 hr to 1 minute. I no longer care if gas prices go sky high becuase I only fill up once a month or so.

Woodog

Chephy, Yeah... that's what I meant!

MiRider: Same here. My last tank is still 1/4 full and it's been two months.

reason for the request: I'm having a *useless* argument and want to be right even though it will result in no change whatsoever in the other person's behavior. *sigh*.

Woo

staple

I live 3.85 miles from work (by bike). It's about 3.5 miles by the typical car route, which is unpleasant for biking.

Philatio

I live about 6 miles from work. Pretty much everything I do is in a 6 mile radius.

wb 86

Both of my full and part time jobs are a 10 min walk from my house. one is to the left of my house the other to the right. Everything I need is within a 5-8 mile radius from my home. I have not left my zip code in 6 months.


I need to get out more......

Craig

lala

I'm within 10 miles: 8 ish.

East Hill

I currently live about 8.5 miles from where I work. Supposedly, sometime in the next few years, my facility will relocate to within 6 miles or so of where I live. My husband and I both work at the same facility, with the same days off, and the same hours.


East Hill

webist

1.5 miles

pedex

zero miles, my apartment is in my delivery area on the edge of downtown proper

patc

For Canada and the US, follow the link in this post. You want Figure 5, on page 270.

gwd

I think woodog wasn't asking about us but about people in general. How about the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics

https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
Specifically the Census Transportation Planning packages.
Here is a description of the journey to work tables.

The CTPP 2000 Part 3 - JOURNEY-TO-WORK (JTW) tables provide detailed information about the commute trip from home to work. These tables include the following summary levels: State, State-County, State-County-County Subdivision, State-County-County Subdivision Place, State-Place, State-County-Tract, and Detailed State and MPO geography tables.

Doesn't this sound like the kind of data he wanted to sink his teeth into?

boog

Depending on the trffic lights, it's about a 10 minute walk to work for me. I'm guessing about 1/3 of a mile, give or take a bit. The only thing I don't use my bike for is commuting, as it's almost to much hassle to grab my gear, ride in, stash my gear at work, and park the bike. I've done it twice, and doubt I'll try it agin with this job.

boog

boog

LilSprocket

My office is between 4.8 and 6 miles from home, depending on which route I take.

I found this on one of these threads, thought it helpful/fun

https://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

AverageCommuter

You might look around for the average distance of all automotive trips too. I seem to recall that it is about 3 miles. Just dont remember where the data comes from.

mobilemail

6.3 miles by bike

likeakidagain

8 miles each way...for a p/t job.

Golf XRay Tango

My office is 5km from my house. I have plenty of restaurants and some shopping within a 10 minute walk.

tsl

I'm self-employed and work from home, mostly. I go to one client site 5 miles away twice a week, and have a part-time job (for the purposes of sanity) about 2 miles away. A circuit between all three is about 10 miles. I've been thinking of longer routes because I feel like I'm just getting warmed-up when I arrive at my destination. Especially on days like today with a 20 mph tailwind.

!!Comatoa$ted

I am 2 miles away from work

bikerbear

7.6 miles from work -- I know of 5 people at work that are under the 5 mile mark and another 5 that are in the 10 mile range, the rest I am not sure. I keep trying but so far no one has taken up the bike commuting challenge.

fordfasterr

5 miles in each direction 3 days a week, 7 miles in each direction 2 days a week.

I know of no other people who ride a bike to either of the places where I work, but once in a while there is a lady's walmart style bike in the bike rack but I have yet to identify who rides it... i've been told its a lady (duh). lol But I have no idea how far she rides... either way I have not seen it there for 5 months.

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Old Dirt Hill

I'm either 3 miles or 6 miles, depending on which location I bike to (if I use the direct route, which I don't do unless I'm running short on time).

TomM

By car I am about 5.5 miles from work and by bike I am about 10.3 miles.