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Title: Transportation and Housing Study for the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Publication Year: 2004
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Abstract: The San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (SA-BCMPO) undertook the San Antonio-Bexar County Transportation and Housing Study to provide a comprehensive analysis of housing and transportation costs for the San Antonio area. Throughout the United States, the average household spent 19.3 percent of its 2001 income on transportation. That is up from 17.5 percent in 1992, a 10.3 percent increase over the last decade. Transportation costs have soared even higher for low-income families, at 41.2 percent in 2001, up from 30.3 percent in 1992, an increase of 25 percent over the decade. The variances across the nation can be attributed, in part, to urban sprawl. In 2004, the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Areas average household expenditure for transportation was $5,907 or 10.2 percent of the average annual household income, which ranks below the national average household expenditure for transportation of $8,117 or 14.8 percent of the average annual household income. Though the Surface Transportation Policy Project included various cities throughout the United States, including Dallas and Houston, data was not provided for the San Antonio area. As a result, the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (SA-BCMPO) contracted with Carter & Burgess to develop the San Antonio-Bexar County Transportation and Housing Study. This project provides a comprehensive study of household and transportation costs for the San Antonio area, to better understand the transportation challenges faced by residents in the region, especially those residing or contemplating residing in less urban areas. The study area includes all of San Antonios Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses eight counties of the 12-county Alamo Area planning region, including Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina, and Wilson counties. For the purpose of this study, the 8-county MSA was divided into 46 Regional Analysis Zones (RAZs). The RAZs were delineated to be as socio-economically homogeneous as possible, especially regarding income levels. Figure ES-1 illustrates the counties and regional analysis zones included in the study area. The Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) is the regional planning agency for the 12-county area. VIA Metropolitan Transit is the major public transportation provider in the San Antonio area. Rural transit providers also provide public transportation for other portions of the study area. Data Sources:Three major databases were used for deriving the 2000 base information about housing and transportation costs by Regional Analysis Zone. These databases are: 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3 (SF3); 2000 Census Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS); and Bureau of Labor Statistics 2000 Consumer Expenditure Public Use Microdata Sample (CE-PUMS). A fourth database was used for estimating 2004 housing and transportation costs. A proprietary database of demographic and socio-economic data from Claritas, Inc., was utilized to aggregate selected variables to the RAZ level for 2004. Population, household counts and income were derived from the 2000 Census SF3 file at the Census Tract level.
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Authors: Purser, Peg
Publisher: MKP Consulting
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other
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