Marin County Life :: Better health through community

About Us | Contact Us | Editorial Policy

SPONSOR

PARTNERS

	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the Marin County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the Marin County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the Marin County value meets a specific target. The Marin County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

Compare by:

Region

Red > 26
Green <= 22
In-between = Yellow
Unit: minutes
View the Legend

Mean Travel Time to Work

Value:	29 minutes
Measurement Period:	2000
Location:	County : Marin
Categories:	Transportation / Commute To Work

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the average daily travel time to work in minutes for workers 16 years of age and older.

Why this is important: Lengthy commutes cut into workers' free time and can contribute to health problems such as headache, anxiety, and increased blood pressure. More time spent in transit also translates to increased consumption of fossil fuels used for transportation, which is costly for workers as well as for the environment.

Technical note: The distribution is based on Census data from 3,219 U.S. counties. Mean travel time to work was calculated by dividing the aggregate travel time to work by the total number of workers.

Source: U.S. Census

URL of Source: http://www.census.gov/

Zoom to:
View by:
How are these indicators calculated?	Return to Community Dashboard Home

RELATED CONTENT

LOCAL 211 RESOURCES

·	South Bay Office : Bay Area Community Fund Projects
·	South Bay Office : Administrative Services
·	The Utility Reform Network : Consumer Services
·	Score : Organizational & Nonprofit Development Services
More

NEWS

·	60-mile traffic jam in China takes 3 days to navigate
·	Dan Walters: Bullet train poll mostly propaganda
·	Transit improvement key to state greenhouse law
·	Dan Walters: High-speed train given a new knock
More

INDICATORS

·	Workers who Drive Alone to Work
·	Workers Commuting by Public Transportation
·	Average Daily Vehicle Miles Per Person

PROMISING PRACTICES

·	Casual Carpool
·	Safe Routes to School
·	Best Workplaces for Commuters
·	Telecommuting Program - Arizona
More

EVENT CALENDAR

·	Feldenkrais class

By using this service, you accept our Terms of Use. Please read them.
Copyright © 2010, The Healthy Communities Institute and the
Marin Department of Health and Human Services. All rights reserved.