Percentage of commuters who use alternate modes of transportation

Source:2007-2011 US Census, American Community Survey Data as of November, 2012

  Commuters with alternate modes of transportation Commuters Percentage
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 5,756 20,851 27.6
Cattaraugus 7,578 34,828 21.8
Chautauqua 11,155 57,956 19.2
Erie 76,623 422,103 18.2
Genesee 4,295 29,012 14.8
Niagara 14,591 96,842 15.1
Orleans 2,686 17,707 15.2
Wyoming 3,500 18,286 19.1
Western New York 126,184 697,585 18.1
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 5,952 37,929 15.7
Livingston 5,512 30,244 18.2
Monroe 62,473 342,990 18.2
Ontario 9,492 52,493 18.1
Schuyler 1,537 8,305 18.5
Seneca 2,485 15,141 16.4
Steuben 7,806 42,171 18.5
Wayne 7,218 44,088 16.4
Yates 2,923 11,302 25.9
Finger Lakes 105,398 584,663 18.0
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 6,874 36,856 18.7
Cortland 4,843 22,044 22.0
Herkimer 5,395 28,528 18.9
Jefferson 11,834 52,783 22.4
Lewis 2,342 11,895 19.7
Madison 6,378 33,048 19.3
Oneida 16,712 101,840 16.4
Onondaga 41,909 215,953 19.4
Oswego 9,946 52,688 18.9
St. Lawrence 11,294 45,242 25.0
Tompkins 20,670 48,800 42.4
Central New York 138,197 649,677 21.3
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 18,368 89,405 20.5
Chenango 4,753 21,906 21.7
Tioga 4,051 24,323 16.7
New York-Penn 27,172 135,634 20.0
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 33,253 150,790 22.1
Clinton 7,136 35,819 19.9
Columbia 6,604 29,863 22.1
Delaware 5,717 20,719 27.6
Essex 3,413 17,329 19.7
Franklin 4,569 20,239 22.6
Fulton 4,084 23,791 17.2
Greene 2,965 19,920 14.9
Hamilton 437 2,241 19.5
Montgomery 4,096 21,510 19.0
Otsego 7,779 28,313 27.5
Rensselaer 15,321 78,495 19.5
Saratoga 18,064 110,701 16.3
Schenectady 12,000 72,234 16.6
Schoharie 3,029 14,643 20.7
Warren 5,720 31,285 18.3
Washington 5,518 28,299 19.5
Northeastern New York 139,705 706,191 19.8
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 30,163 137,968 21.9
Orange 45,437 171,152 26.5
Putnam 11,087 49,126 22.6
Rockland 37,075 138,877 26.7
Sullivan 7,526 32,352 23.3
Ulster 18,472 86,332 21.4
Westchester 168,690 442,922 38.1
Hudson Valley 318,450 1,058,729 30.1
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 389,090 524,832 74.1
Kings 849,663 1,068,006 79.6
New York 737,775 826,698 89.2
Queens 693,474 1,035,828 66.9
Richmond 89,588 203,163 44.1
New York City 2,759,590 3,658,527 75.4
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 187,505 635,632 29.5
Suffolk 139,901 711,052 19.7
Nassau-Suffolk 327,406 1,346,684 24.3
New York State 3,942,102 8,837,690 44.6

Alternate modes of transportation include public transportation, carpool, bike/walk, and telecommute