Hampton Roads Commuting Data

This geodatabase contains the layers and tables for the Journey to Work commuting dashboard. Commuting flows: The American Community Survey (ACS) measures commuting flows by identifying where commuters live and work, revealing how communities interconnect through the movement of people, goods, and services. Although not included in standard ACS products, these origin-destination flow data are crucial for defining metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) used by Federal, state, and local agencies in statistical reporting. To support the Office of Management and Budget's area delineations, the Census Bureau produces commuting flow tables every five years using 5-year ACS estimates, with occasional special project releases in interim years. These statistics are essential for understanding regional economic integration and supporting policy development. The most current commuting flows data is based on the 2016-2020 ACS 5-year estimates. ACS data: Other commuting data (excluding commuting flows) were obtained from the ACS 5-year estimates (except for the year 2000, which is from the decennial census). The commuting-related questions asked are part of the standard ACS product. The most recent data is from the 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The ACS estimates the values based on a universe of data for a subset of the population. The universe for commuting data varies depending on the topic: - Commuting Flows: Workers 16 years and over - Worked Outside Home Locality: Workers 16 years and over - Means of Commute: Workers 16 years and over - Number of Vehicles: Workers 16 years and over in households - Travel Time: Workers 16 years and over who did not work from home The geodatabase contains both spatial layers for mapping and tables of the same data. For a description of the attributes, go into the individual layers, click on Data view, select Fields, then click on a field name to view the description.