Means of Transportation to Work in South Carolina
Means of transportation to work refers to the principal mode of travel or type of conveyance that the worker usually used to get from home to work during the reference week.
Means of Transportation to Work: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| Workers 16 Years and Over | 1,822,969 | 100.0 | 128,279,228 | 100.0 |
| Car, truck, or van - drove alone | 1,447,338 | 79.4 | 97,102,050 | 75.7 |
| Car, truck, or van - carpooled | 255,857 | 14.0 | 15,634,051 | 12.2 |
| Public transportation (including taxicab) | 15,468 | 0.8 | 6,067,703 | 4.7 |
| Walked | 42,567 | 2.3 | 3,758,982 | 2.9 |
| Other Means | 23,504 | 1.3 | 1,532,219 | 1.2 |
| Worked at home | 38,235 | 2.1 | 4,184,223 | 3.3 |
A much smaller percentage of the population takes public transportation to work in South Carolina than the national average. These figures most likely correlate to the relative unavailability of public transportation in the state, especially in rural areas.
The shortage of public transportation in the state may also account for the fact that South Carolina's percentage of carpoolers is slightly higher than the national percentage. 9.0 percent of occupied housing units in the state do not have a car. Without public transportation, employees without their own transportation would be more likely to depend on co-workers or neighbors with cars for rides to work.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3 Demographic Profiles, Table DP-3.