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Table Data - Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Salem city, VA

Title Mean Commuting Time for Workers (5-year estimate) in Salem city, VA
Series ID B080ACS051775
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 9:38 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 17.665436330081730
2010-01-01 17.949594385197340
2011-01-01 17.506143624283244
2012-01-01 17.304282914994868
2013-01-01 17.205294483432530
2014-01-01 16.941111394774914
2015-01-01 17.832901446125554
2016-01-01 19.037185159972772
2017-01-01 19.571209800918837
2018-01-01 19.903736763805025
2019-01-01 20.622916301105460
2020-01-01 18.807097680955728
2021-01-01 19.371682931004965
2022-01-01 18.759508225720857
2023-01-01 18.693435879091396

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