The US transit-to-work share increased from 3.5 percent in 2023 to 3.7 percent in 2024. The US (usually) worked-at-home share decreased from 13.8 percent in 2023 to 13.3 percent in 2024. These are statistically significant changes, but not the “wow” changes we’ve seen between 2019 and 2023.

Attached is a screenshot of my table showing USA totals for 2019 to 2024. Note that I’ve included the 2020 “experimental weights” ACS results, derived from 2020-X PUMS data (from the iPUMS site.) (Other here includes walk plus bicycle plus other, because the 2020-X PUMS didn’t have a breakout for walk or bicycle.)

I used the R package “tidycensus” to retrieve 2006-2024 data at the national, state, large county and large place levels. Eventually I’ll mend together the 1960-2000 data (extracted from iPUMS) with the 2006-2024 ACS data.

I’m very glad to have excellent “data reporters” at my local newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle. Today’s front page news included a story on the decline of working at home; and a story on the increase in median household income. 

Hope everyone is well!!

Chuck Purvis,

Hayward, California

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