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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in District of Columbia

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in District of Columbia
Series ID B080ACS011001
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Mean Commute Time (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Minutes
Date Range 2009-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-12-12 9:41 AM CST
Notes Mean commuting time is calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work for all workers (in minutes) by the total number of workers, 16-years old and older, who commute (ACS 5-year variables B08013_001E from table B08013 and B08012_001E from table B08012, respectively).

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification.
DATE VALUE
2009-01-01 29.430348058706585
2010-01-01 29.335217489359113
2011-01-01 29.606150545072120
2012-01-01 29.593326721596700
2013-01-01 29.748685862362965
2014-01-01 29.846769610469742
2015-01-01 29.740907749216536
2016-01-01 29.905040888563410
2017-01-01 30.038132565599670
2018-01-01 30.301603139372183
2019-01-01 30.803222054804724
2020-01-01 30.906986392798945
2021-01-01 30.415502593739390
2022-01-01 30.505361102024498
2023-01-01 30.279029562611650

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