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Geographic Area: Los Altos city, California FIPS: 0643280

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Table 1a. Mode to Work by Gender
Table 1a. Mode to Work by Gender 1 Census 2000 2007-2009 ACS 2010-2012 ACS Is the numeric change
between Census 2000 and 2010-2012
ACS Significant? **
Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)*
Male At Place of Residence
Total Workers 7,120 100.0 375 -- 100.0 -- 7,058 100.0 351 No
Drove alone 6,040 84.8 354 -- -- -- 5,438 77.0 416 Yes
2-person Carpool 230 3.2 78 -- -- -- 136 1.9 95 No
3-or-more-person Carpool 20 0.3 23 -- -- -- 66 0.9 55 No
Transit 125 1.8 57 -- -- -- 240 3.4 117 No
Bike 100 1.4 51 -- -- -- 199 2.8 153 No
Walked 85 1.2 47 -- -- -- 108 1.5 71 No
Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means 60 0.8 40 -- -- -- 46 0.7 36 No
Worked at Home 465 6.5 110 -- -- -- 825 11.7 221 Yes
Table 1b. Mode to Work by Gender
Table 1b. Mode to Work by Gender 1 Census 2000 2007-2009 ACS 2010-2012 ACS Is the numeric change
between Census 2000 and 2010-2012
ACS Significant? **
Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)* Number Percent MOE(+/-)*
Female At Place of Residence
Total Workers 5,435 100.0 340 -- 100.0 -- 5,055 100.0 421 No
Drove alone 4,530 83.3 317 -- -- -- 4,022 79.6 398 No
2-person Carpool 210 3.9 74 -- -- -- 270 5.3 145 No
3-or-more-person Carpool 80 1.5 46 -- -- -- 55 1.1 128 No
Transit 65 1.2 41 -- -- -- 75 1.5 61 No
Bike 15 0.3 20 -- -- -- 44 0.9 40 No
Walked 90 1.7 49 -- -- -- 153 3.0 108 No
Taxi, Motorcycle and Other means 20 0.4 23 -- -- -- 0 0.0 120 No
Worked at Home 425 7.8 105 -- -- -- 436 8.6 147 No

Notes:

* The coefficient of variation (CV) can be derived by the standard error (SE) divided by the estimate, while SE = MOE/1.645.
** The z-value of the difference of the two estimates are used to determined if the two estimates are significantly different at 90% confidence level.

1 Census 2000 Table 1-002, 2007-2009 ACS Table B08006 and 2010-2012 ACS B08006

Updated: 8/11/2017
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