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Community / Transportation Indicator
Households without a Vehicle
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Period:
2019-2023
What does it measure?
This indicator shows the percentage of households that do not have a vehicle.
Numerator = Total estimate of housing units without vehicle
Denominator = Total estimate of occupied housing units
Why is this important?
Vehicle ownership is directly related to the ability to travel. In general, people living in a household without a car make fewer than half the number of journeys compared to those with a car. This limits their access to essential local services such as supermarkets, post offices, doctors' offices, and hospitals. Most households with above-average incomes have a car while only half of low-income households do.
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Populations
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Further Resources
Source
Data Source
American Community Survey 5-YearNote: This source uses Zip Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) for its Zip Code data. Learn more
More Details
Data for this indicator can be found in tables DP04 (overall values) and B25045 (age breakout values) on data.census.gov.
Technical Note
The U.S. Census Bureau calculates 90% confidence intervals for American Community Survey estimates. Use caution when interpreting values with wide confidence intervals. Confidence intervals that are farther away from estimates in either direction indicate uncertainty due to small survey sample sizes. The U.S. Census Bureau does not recommend comparing overlapping 5-year periods since much of the data in each estimate are the same. Use caution when comparing estimates for census tracts over time as these geographies are redefined with each decennial census according to population changes.
Maintained by
Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Filed Under
Community / Transportation, Physical Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health
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Indicator Gauge Icon Legend
Legend Colors
Redis bad, Greenis good, Blueis not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time;
significant change over time;
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Different than the overall value
Similar to the overall value.
No confidence interval data available.