Travel in the United States by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995 statistics

[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. U.S. destinations only. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see text. For definition of terms, see text, this section]


							Personal use		Personal use
	Household trips		Person trips		Person miles		vehicle trips		vehicle miles

Trip characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
	(1,000)		(1,000)		(1,000)		(1,000)		(1,000)

Total	656,462	100.0	1,001,319	100.0	826,804	100.0	505,154	100.0	280,127	100.0

Principal means of transportation:
Personal use vehicles	505,154	77.0	813,858	81.3	451,590	54.6	505,154	100.0	280,127	100.0
Airplane	129,164	19.7	161,165	16.1	355,286	43.0	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Commercial airplane	124,884	19.0	155,936	15.6	347,934	42.1	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Bus	17,340	2.6	20,445	2.0	13,309	1.6	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Intercity bus	2,755	0.4	3,244	0.3	2,723	0.3	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Charter or tour bus	11,890	1.8	14,247	1.4	9,363	1.1	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Train	4,200	0.6	4,994	0.5	4,356	0.5	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Ship, boat, or ferry	391	0.1	614	0.1	1,834	0.2	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Other	213	0.0	243	0.0	429	0.1	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Round trip distance:
Less than 300 miles	194,098	29.6	306,433	30.6	74,658	9.0	185,418	36.7	45,159	16.1
300 to 499 miles	174,389	26.6	274,045	27.4	106,007	12.8	159,743	31.6	61,779	22.1
500 5o 999 miles	140,046	21.3	214,006	21.4	146,631	17.7	106,846	21.2	72,114	25.7
1,000 to 1,999 miles	76,110	11.6	108,331	10.8	153,316	18.5	36,722	7.3	49,953	17.8
2,000 miles or more	71,819	10.9	98,503	9.8	346,192	41.9	16,425	3.3	51,123	18.3
Mean (miles)	872	(X)	827	(X)	(X)	(X)	555	(X)	(X)	(X)
Median (miles)	438	(X)	425	(X)	(X)	(X)	368	(X)	(X)	(X)

Calendar quarter:
1st quarter	130,963	19.9	200,331	20.0	155,603	18.8	99,549	19.7	50,801	18.1
2d quarter	168,669	25.7	258,400	25.8	208,266	25.2	130,135	25.8	72,421	25.9
3d quarter	193,913	29.5	304,542	30.4	261,463	31.6	152,862	30.3	90,558	32.3
4th quarter	162,917	24.8	238,047	23.8	201,471	24.4	122,607	24.3	66,346	23.7

Main purpose of trip:
Business	192,537	29.3	224,835	22.5	212,189	25.7	125,036	24.8	61,929	22.1
Pleasure	372,586	56.8	630,110	62.9	506,971	61.3	305,571	60.5	177,698	63.4
Visit friends or relatives	195,468	29.8	330,755	33.0	264,769	32.0	159,981	31.7	92,190	32.9
Leisure ¹	177,119	27.0	299,355	29.9	242,201	29.3	145,590	28.8	85,508	30.5
Rest or relaxation	65,017	9.9	115,154	11.5	100,838	12.2	53,780	10.6	33,598	12.0
Sightseeing	24,272	3.7	42,649	4.3	50,781	6.1	18,069	3.6	14,654	5.2
Outdoor recreation	39,899	6.1	65,418	6.5	41,620	5.0	35,987	7.1	19,407	6.9
Entertainment	37,456	5.7	58,757	5.9	42,929	5.2	27,920	5.5	14,531	5.2
Personal business	91,319	13.9	146,338	14.6	107,621	13.0	74,532	14.8	40,490	14.5
Other	19	0.0	36	0.0	23	0.0	16	0.0	9	0.0

Vacation or weekend trips:
Vacation trip	301,197	45.9	515,383	51.5	484,144	58.6	236,055	46.7	154,167	55.0
Weekend trip	270,231	41.2	441,385	44.1	325,864	39.4	216,743	42.9	118,290	42.2
1 or 2 nights away from home	151,377	23.1	252,581	25.2	132,782	16.1	133,147	26.4	60,906	21.7
3 to 5 nights away from home	118,854	18.1	188,804	18.9	193,083	23.4	83,597	16.5	57,384	20.5

Travel party type and size:
One adult, no children under 18	386,479	58.9	386,510	38.6	352,350	42.6	275,034	54.4	144,795	51.7
Two or more adults, no children under 18	155,148	23.6	299,485	29.9	248,762	30.1	133,163	26.4	79,273	28.3
One adult, children under 18	29,436	4.5	67,959	6.8	48,083	5.8	24,879	4.9	13,827	4.9
Two or more adults, children under 18
	66,086	10.1	225,875	22.6	158,334	19.2	60,497	12.0	34,758	12.4
No adult, 1 or more children under 18	19,313	2.9	21,489	2.1	19,275	2.3	11,581	2.3	7,472	2.7
Mean travel party size
(household members)	1.6	(X)	2.2	(X)	(X)	(X)	1.7	(X)	(X)	(X)

Nights away from home:
None	164,032	25.0	239,727	23.9	104,444	12.6	140,914	27.9	49,619	17.7
1 to 3 nights	321,227	48.9	502,465	50.2	331,504	40.1	259,354	51.3	131,559	47.0
4 to 7 nights	121,279	18.5	184,766	18.5	243,546	29.5	76,380	15.1	61,317	21.9
8 or more nights	49,924	7.6	74,361	7.4	147,309	17.8	28,506	5.6	37,631	13.4
Mean excluding none (nights)	4.5	(X)	4.3	(X)	(X)	(X)	4.0	(X)	(X)	(X)

Type of lodging at destination:
Friend's or relative's home	211,832	43.6	345,506	45.9	290,428	41.0	170,271	47.3	103,180	45.7
Hotel, motel, or resort	201,264	41.4	282,929	37.6	318,323	44.9	126,160	35.1	82,447	36.5
Rented cabin, condo, or vacation home	17,607	3.6	30,648	4.1	31,161	4.4	14,631	4.1	10,809	4.8
Owned cabin, condo, or vacation home	20,205	4.2	38,572	5.1	26,269	3.7	18,103	5.0	9,819	4.3
Camper, trailer, recreational vehicle,
tent	11,944	2.5	22,208	3.0	15,836	2.2	11,663	3.2	8,204	3.6


Other type of lodging	23,452	4.8	32,095	4.3	27,080	3.8	18,917	5.3	11,542	5.1
Nights at destination:
Mean nights at destination	4.2	(X)	4.0	(X)	(X)	(X)	3.8	(X)	(X)	(X)
Friend's or relative's home	4.3	(X)	4.0	(X)	(X)	(X)	3.6	(X)	(X)	(X)
Hotel, motel, or resort	3.0	(X)	3.0	(X)	(X)	(X)	2.8	(X)	(X)	(X)

X Not applicable.
1 Includes other leisure activities not shown separately.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1995 American Travel survey. http://www.bts.gov/

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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