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Table 5.3 (continued)<br />

<strong>Low</strong>-<br />

<strong>Income</strong><br />

Higher-<br />

<strong>Income</strong><br />

Total<br />

From PUMS<br />

County<br />

Alameda 20 25 25<br />

Contra Costa 25 30 30<br />

Marin 25 30 30<br />

Napa 15 15 15<br />

San Francisco 30 30 30<br />

San Mateo 20 20 20<br />

Santa Clara 20 20 20<br />

Solano 20 25 20<br />

Sonoma 15 20 20<br />

SOURCES: Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample (Bay<br />

Area subsample), and 2000 Bay Area Travel Survey.<br />

aNot reported because of small sample sizes.<br />

take the transit modes with the longest commute durations, those in the<br />

higher-income group are also less likely than those in the low-income<br />

group to walk or bike, and walking and biking have very short median<br />

commute durations (15 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively). Note<br />

that commute durations are very similar across the income groups once<br />

mode is controlled for. <strong>Low</strong>-income and higher-income workers have<br />

exactly the same median commute durations for eight of the 12 modes.<br />

Commute time differs most between the income groups with respect to<br />

carpooling—20 minutes for low-income workers and 30 minutes for<br />

higher-income workers.<br />

A third reason for longer commute times for higher-income workers<br />

may be that those in the higher-income group are relatively more<br />

inclined to commute during rush hour (Table 5.2). Half of those in the<br />

higher-income group leave for work between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., whereas<br />

only 42 percent of those in the low-income group leave for work at that<br />

time. Both groups have about the same percentage leaving between 5<br />

a.m. and 7 a.m. (about 23 percent), but in the low-income group a much<br />

higher share leaves for work after 9 a.m. (total of 32%, compared to<br />

22%). The last column of the third panel down in Table 5.3 shows that<br />

commutes are 5 minutes shorter after 9 a.m. than they are between 7<br />

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