The Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP) offers a set of special tabulations from the US Census Bureau pertaining to commuting characteristics by place of residence, place of work, and home to work flows. It is a cooperative effort sponsored by the State Departments of Transportation under a pooled funding arrangement with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). As the largest and most up-to-date survey of transportation data available for the region, the CTPP is a valuable dataset for transportation planners.

A variety of commuting characteristics for 2000 and transportation profiles for 2005 are available from MRCOG.

Did you know that in 2000: 

• 15% of Albuquerque’s working residents commuted outside of Albuquerque. About 6,500 were headed for Rio Rancho and 1,600 to the City of Santa Fe each day.
• Three out of every four workers living in Los Lunas worked somewhere outside of the Village.
• Of the 12,300 daily commuting trips from Rio Rancho to Albuquerque, 88% are people who drive alone.
• Over 9,000 of Bernalillo County commuters walked or biked to work.  

This is the kind of information that can be obtained from the CTPP and is available upon request at MRCOG. Other information such as travel times, mode splits, vehicle ownership, and commutes by race, ethnicity, age and income status, is also available. The following  map shows county-to-county average daily work commutes in 2000 306.68 Kb  

 At MRCOG the CTPP is used for a variety of purposes including commuter rail planning, mass transit route planning, and for calibrating and improving the accuracy of our travel demand model. The CTPP is uniquely suited for travel analysis because the data are available at the Transportation Analysis Zone (TAZ) level, which are small geographic areas.

*Please keep in mind that CTPP data only pertain to work commutes, and don’t include shopping trips, medical trips or any other trip purpose.

2005 Commuting Statistics

Although the more detailed commuting information pertains to 2000, the Census Bureau has released 2005 transportation profiles for areas with a population over 65,000 through the American Community Survey. The areas available within the MRCOG Region are presented below. Please review the notes of caution before using the data.

Place of Residence profiles contain information regarding vehicles available, household statistics, and mode of transportation.

Place of Work profiles contain information regarding mode of transportation, travel time, and time of arrival to work.

	Place of Residence	Place of Work
Albuquerque	Percentage Distribution  Estimated Counts	Place of Work
Rio Rancho	Percentage Distribution  Estimated Counts	Place of Work
Bernalillo County	Percentage Distribution  Estimated Counts	Place of Work
Sandoval County	Percentage Distribution  Estimated Counts	Place of Work
Valencia County	Percentage Distribution  Estimated Counts	Place of Work

2000 Commuting Statistics

• CTPP Part 1 contains transportation data based on where workers reside, and is available here by County, Place and Tract.
• CTPP Part 2 contains transportation data based on a worker’s place of work and is available here by County, Place and Tract.
• CTPP Part 3 contains the worker flows from residence to work place. Data for Part 3 are available here by County and Place.

2000 and 1990 Comparison

• CTPP Profiles by County, 2000 and 1990

More Charts

• Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work in 2000
• Albuquerque Worker Flows
• Household Size by Vehicles Available in 2000

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