B08121. Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months by Means of Transportation to Work from the American Community Survey Summary File: 5-Year Estimates, 2014-2018 database shown in # Persons Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Demographic Indicator: Taxicab, Motorcycle, Bicycle, or Other Means Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

Corporate Author: United States Census Bureau
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc. 2025

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Presents an estimate of the median earnings of workers ages 16+ in the United States in the past 12 months, according to their means of transportation to work, including car, truck, or van (drove alone vs carpooled); public transportation; walked; taxicab, bicycle, motorcycle, or other means; and worked at home. Earnings are defined as the sum of wage or salary income and net income from self-employment. The median divides the income distribution into two equal parts, with one-half of the cases falling below the median income and one-half above the median. Estimates are reported for specified geographic areas. Values are inflation adjusted to the reference year using the Consumer Price Index. The American Community Survey (ACS) conducted by the US Census Bureau provides estimates of the characteristics of the population over a specific time period. The ACS collects data from the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, where it is called the Puerto Rico Community Survey. It is a continuous survey, in which each month a sample of housing unit addresses receives a questionnaire, with approximately 3.5 million addresses surveyed each year. Each year the survey produces data pooled to produce 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year estimates for geographic areas in the US and Puerto Rico, ranging from neighborhoods to congressional districts to the entire nation. Data for each release of the 5-year estimates were collected over a 5-year period ending December 31 of the reference year (eg, data in the 2018 5-year estimates were collected January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018). The statistics reported represent the characteristics of the population for the entire period vs a specific year within that period. The 5-year estimates are published for areas with populations of all sizes and are the most reliable and precise of the ACS period estimates as well as the most comprehensive, albeit the least current. (The 1-year and 3-year estimates provide data on areas with populations of 65,000+ and 20,000+, respectively. Note that the ACS 3-year estimates were discontinued with the 2011-2013 release.) The ACS estimates provide information about the social and economic needs of communities and are used to help determine how billions in federal and state funds are distributed each year. It is conducted under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193.

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9781544332048 Sage Data CORE

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Statistical data with bibliographic citation and abstract.

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