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Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood: Transportation

Data Tables: People & Household CharacteristicsHousing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Immigration & Language, Disabilities, Neighborhood Characteristics

Definitions and source links

Vehicles available (2000)
 Lower Ninth Ward
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total occupied housing units
4,820
188,251
1,656,053
105,480,101
  No vehicle available
32.4%
27.3%
11.9%
10.3%
  1 vehicle available
42.3%
42.3%
37.0%
34.2%
  2 vehicles available
18.0%
24.2%
38.0%
38.4%
  3 or more vehicles available
7.3%
6.2%
13.1%
17.1%

Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>

Travel to work

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Type of transportation (2000)
 Lower Ninth Ward
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total workers 16 years and over
  4,007
  188,703
  1,831,057
  128,279,228
  Public bus
17.4%
12.4%
2.1%
2.5%

Why do so many people in the Lower Ninth Ward take the bus to work and what effect does this have on families? Read these perspectives from residents...

  Streetcar
0.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
  Taxicab
0.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
  Ferryboat
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
  Other Public transportation
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
  Car, truck or van
76.2%
76.3%
91.7%
87.8%
  Bicycle
1.1%
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
  Walked
2.8%
5.2%
2.2%
2.9%
  Other, incl motorcyle
1.5%
0.9%
1.2%
0.8%
Transportation time to work (2000)
 Lower Ninth Ward
 Orleans Parish
Louisiana
United
States
Total workers 16 years and over who used public transportation to travel to work
726
25,803
43,277
6,067,703
  Less than 30 minutes
9.1%
28.2%
32.7%
23.0%
  30 to 44 minutes
19.6%
31.0%
26.7%
26.0%
  45 to 59 minutes
29.2%
17.3%
15.6%
17.3%
  60 or more minutes
42.1%
23.5%
25.0%
33.7%
People in the “Lower 9” have really long commute times. What effect does this have on life in the neighborhood? We asked a few residents for their insights. Click here to learn what they said...
Total workers 16 years and over who used private transportation to travel to work
3,269
157,872
1,748,451
118,027,302
  Less than 30 minutes
61.5%
72.7%
68.5%
67.7%
  30 to 44 minutes
26.1%
18.5%
17.8%
18.7%
  45 to 59 minutes
5.5%
4.3%
6.5%
6.9%
  60 or more minutes
6.9%
4.5%
7.2%
6.7%
Source Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000 Sample Characteristics (SF3). From a compilation by the GNO Community Data Center. <http://www.gnocdc.org>

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