Portland (Oregon)
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

DOWNTOWN                
                 
WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 52.7% 12.4% 27.2% 1.9% 4.1% 1.1% 0.4%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 74.9% 11.2% 4.6% 0.7% 2.9% 0.8% 4.9%
Urban Area 100.0% 72.2% 11.4% 7.4% 0.9% 3.0% 0.8% 4.4%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 96,500 50,900 12,000 26,200 1,800 4,000 1,100 400
Balance of Urban Area 698,000 522,800 78,500 32,400 4,900 19,900 5,300 34,200
Urban Area 794,500 573,700 90,600 58,600 6,800 23,900 6,400 34,600
                 
CENTERS AND CONTIGUOUS CORRIDORS              
                 
WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 52.7% 12.4% 27.2% 1.9% 4.1% 1.1% 0.4%
Beaverton-Tualatin 100.0% 80.5% 11.7% 3.6% 0.4% 1.5% 0.5% 1.7%
Hillsboro-Silicon Forest 100.0% 78.5% 11.9% 3.3% 0.8% 3.5% 0.6% 1.5%
Route 224 Clackamas County 100.0% 82.2% 12.9% 2.4% 0.3% 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
Vancouver-Columbia River North 100.0% 83.6% 11.2% 2.4% 0.4% 1.2% 0.8% 0.8%
Willamette River NW 100.0% 79.6% 12.9% 4.3% 0.5% 1.1% 0.5% 0.5%
Lloyd's Center 100.0% 61.0% 10.6% 21.3% 1.4% 2.8% 2.1% 0.7%
Willamette River-NE 100.0% 76.5% 12.1% 3.8% 0.8% 5.3% 0.8% 0.8%
Columbia River-Airport 100.0% 80.2% 13.2% 3.3% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 0.8%
Subtotal 100.0% 72.0% 12.1% 10.5% 0.9% 2.6% 0.8% 1.0%
Other Employment Locations 100.0% 72.4% 10.9% 4.8% 0.8% 3.3% 0.8% 7.0%
Urban Area 100.0% 72.2% 11.4% 7.4% 0.9% 3.0% 0.8% 4.4%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 96,500 50,900 12,000 26,200 1,800 4,000 1,100 400
Beaverton-Tualatin 92,500 74,500 10,800 3,300 400 1,400 500 1,600
Hillsboro-Silicon Forest 52,000 40,800 6,200 1,700 400 1,800 300 800
Route 224 Clackamas County 28,700 23,600 3,700 700 100 300 100 200
Vancouver-Columbia River North 25,000 20,900 2,800 600 100 300 200 200
Willamette River NW 18,600 14,800 2,400 800 100 200 100 100
Lloyd's Center 14,100 8,600 1,500 3,000 200 400 300 100
Willamette River-NE 13,200 10,100 1,600 500 100 700 100 100
Columbia River-Airport 12,100 9,700 1,600 400 0 200 0 100
Subtotal 352,700 253,900 42,600 37,200 3,200 9,300 2,700 3,600
Other Employment Locations 441,800 319,800 48,000 21,400 3,600 14,600 3,700 31,000
Urban Area 794,500 573,700 90,600 58,600 6,800 23,900 6,400 34,600
                 
  EMPLOYMENT MARKET SHARE   TRANSIT COMMUTING  
Area Employment Share of Urban Area Employment Land Area Employment Density Transit Commuters Transit Work Trip Market Share Share of Urban Area Transit Commuters Rail Transit?
Downtown 96,500 12.1% 1.71 56,433 26,200 27.2% 44.7% YES
Beaverton-Tualatin 92,500 11.6%     3,300 3.6% 5.6% YES
Hillsboro-Silicon Forest 52,000 6.5%     1,700 3.3% 2.9% YES
Route 224 Clackamas County 28,700 3.6%     700 2.4% 1.2% NO
Vancouver-Columbia River North 25,000 3.1%     600 2.4% 1.0% NO
Willamette River NW 18,600 2.3%     800 4.3% 1.4% NO
Lloyd's Center 14,100 1.8%     3,000 21.3% 5.1% YES
Willamette River-NE 13,200 1.7%     500 3.8% 0.9% NO
Columbia River-Airport 12,100 1.5%     400 3.3% 0.7% NO
Subtotal 352,700 44.4%     37,200 10.5% 63.5%  
Other Employment Locations 441,800 55.6%     21,400 4.8% 36.5%  
Urban Area 794,500 100.0% 473.94 1,676 58,600 7.4% 100.0%  
                 
Data from US Bureau of the Census: CTPP, 2000              
Rounded to nearest 100                
Other: Taxi, motorcycle and other.                
Urban Area Data employment uses employee residential data (urban area data not available by work location). Residential data is generally reflective of employment data at the urban area level)              
Market share data not comparable to 1990 due to boundary differences.              
Downtown Census Tracts                
51.00                
52.00                
53.00                
54.00                
56.00                
57.00                

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