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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Ottawa County, MI

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Ottawa County, MI
Series ID B080ACS026139
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 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-07 11:26 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 19.696437282446030
2010-01-01 19.856870626024580
2011-01-01 19.860659097944396
2012-01-01 19.772714087997148
2013-01-01 20.182094457887043
2014-01-01 20.247536273754495
2015-01-01 20.217175816799614
2016-01-01 20.246674204882638
2017-01-01 20.458572327276766
2018-01-01 20.504157142136044
2019-01-01 20.548297096537110
2020-01-01 20.658680908416038
2021-01-01 20.744171717605926
2022-01-01 20.686526446114420

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