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> Finally, the average income of Metro riders is north of $100k: https://public.tableau.com/profile/planitmetro#!/vizhome/Rai... https://public.tableau.com/prof

> Finally, the average income of Metro riders is north of $100k: https://public.tableau.com/profile/planitmetro#!/vizhome/Rai... https://public.tableau.com/profile/planitmetro#!/vizhome/Rai.... That's got to be talking about mean personal income of riders, right? I just looked up some stats for DC. I started with the numbers from here: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US1150000-washington-dc/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US1150000-washingto... And also made some conversions between personal&household stats, by estimating that 16% of people in DC are under 15 and thus not counted in per-capita income, together with the average household size being 2.3. Altogether, in DC: Median per-capita income: $42k Mean per-capita income: $52k Median household income: $82k Mean household income: $100k I'm really surpised that the average income of riders is around $100k. That hasn't been my perception with other public transport.

pcwalton 8y ago
Yeah, it's rather odd. BART's equivalent data (though not as nicely plotted) is here: https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/StationProfile2015_HomeOriginOnePagers_rev0629.pdf https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/StationProfile... Pulling up some random stations shows that the median income at most BART stations is $50k-$75k, which is right what I would expect. Even at the downtown/FiDi ones like Embarcadero and Montgomery, it's just a bit above $75k. Median income in SF is about $95k, so BART ridership skews less wealthy than the area as a whole.
francisofascii 8y ago
That figure is household income. The bulk of the ridership is for commuting. DC has high salaried people, higher than people realize.
barrow-rider 8y ago
Of the Top 10 Richest Counties in the US, five (5) of them are DC suburbs (far flung burbs in the case of Stafford Co, VA. Median household income in Fairfax and Loudoun is north of $110k. Source: from Fairfax, work in Loudoun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_countie... https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-united-states.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-...

pcwalton 8y ago

Yeah, it's rather odd. BART's equivalent data (though not as nicely plotted) is here: https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/StationProfile2015_HomeOriginOnePagers_rev0629.pdf https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/StationProfile... Pulling up some random stations shows that the median income at most BART stations is $50k-$75k, which is right what I would expect. Even at the downtown/FiDi ones like Embarcadero and Montgomery, it's just a bit above $75k. Median income in SF is about $95k, so BART ridership skews less wealthy than the area as a whole.

francisofascii 8y ago

That figure is household income. The bulk of the ridership is for commuting. DC has high salaried people, higher than people realize.

barrow-rider 8y ago

Of the Top 10 Richest Counties in the US, five (5) of them are DC suburbs (far flung burbs in the case of Stafford Co, VA. Median household income in Fairfax and Loudoun is north of $110k. Source: from Fairfax, work in Loudoun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_countie... https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-united-states.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/richest-counties-in-the-...