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Page 1: Publication Number BTS ATS ESTC Buffalo-Niagara …...Publication Number BTS/ATS 95-ESTC/1280 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA SUMMARY TRAVEL CHARACTERISTICS 1995 American Travel Survey--Summary

1995 American Travel Survey

Bureau of Transportation StatisticsU.S. Department of Transportation

Publication Number BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280

Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA

SUMMARY TRAVEL

CHARACTERISTICS

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 1. Household Trips and Person Trips to and from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Excludes travel outside the U.S. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation.For definitions of terms and metropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM meansdata are not meaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.]

Household Trips Person TripsOrigin in area Destination in area Origin in area Destination in area

Trip characteristics Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total 2,464 100.0 1,304 100.0 3,641 100.0 1,935 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 1,617 65.6 1,003 76.9 2,685 73.8 1,558 80.6Airplane 810 32.9 233 17.9 912 25.1 305 15.8 Commercial airplane 771 31.3 225 17.3 873 24.0 294 15.2Bus 37 1.5 59 4.5 44 1.2 63 3.3 Intercity bus 7 0.3 20 1.6 11 0.3 20 1.1 Charter or tour bus 30 1.2 39 3.0 33 0.9 43 2.2Train -- -- 8 0.6 -- -- 8 0.4Ship, boat, or ferry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 271 11.0 123 9.5 524 14.4 149 7.7300 to 499 miles 448 18.2 196 15.0 678 18.6 267 13.8500 to 999 miles 1,166 47.3 716 55.0 1,583 43.5 1,122 58.01000 to 1999 miles 248 10.1 151 11.5 400 11.0 231 11.92000 miles or more 330 13.4 117 9.0 455 12.5 166 8.6 Mean (miles) 1,010 NA 930 NA 1,004 NA 944 NA Median (miles) 650 NA 712 NA 651 NA 762 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 330 13.4 155 11.9 520 14.3 186 9.62nd quarter 502 20.4 335 25.7 779 21.4 489 25.33rd quarter 868 35.2 464 35.6 1,217 33.4 816 42.24th quarter 764 31.0 349 26.8 1,126 30.9 444 23.0

Main purpose of tripBusiness 1,083 43.9 397 30.4 1,194 32.8 432 22.3Pleasure 1,259 51.1 673 51.6 2,225 61.1 1,090 56.3 Visit friends or relatives 717 29.1 355 27.2 1,342 36.9 540 27.9 Leisure 542 22.0 318 24.4 883 24.3 550 28.4 Rest or relaxation 260 10.6 98 7.5 468 12.9 166 8.6 Sightseeing 78 3.2 139 10.7 163 4.5 281 14.5 Outdoor recreation 86 3.5 27 2.1 117 3.2 28 1.4 Entertainment 63 2.5 54 4.1 80 2.2 75 3.9Personal business 122 4.9 234 18.0 222 6.1 413 21.4Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 1,153 46.8 663 50.9 2,119 58.2 1,111 57.4Weekend trip 803 32.6 566 43.4 1,470 40.4 851 44.0 1 or 2 nights away from home 301 12.2 317 24.3 630 17.3 486 25.1 3 to 5 nights away from home 502 20.4 250 19.1 840 23.1 365 18.9

Travel party type and size1 adult, no children under 18 1,483 60.2 790 60.6 1,483 40.7 790 40.82+ adults, no children under 18 736 29.9 303 23.2 1,378 37.9 564 29.11 adult, 1+ children under 18 59 2.4 30 2.3 167 4.6 68 3.52+ adults, 1+ children under 18 145 5.9 121 9.3 572 15.7 429 22.2No adult, 1+ children under 18 41 1.7 60 4.6 41 1.1 84 4.3 Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.5 NA 1.6 NA 2.0 NA 2.2 NA

Nights away from homeNone 750 30.4 202 15.5 871 23.9 364 18.81 to 3 nights 980 39.8 755 57.9 1,585 43.5 1,088 56.34 to 7 nights 501 20.3 192 14.7 779 21.4 282 14.68 nights or more 233 9.5 155 11.9 406 11.1 200 10.3 Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.7 NA 7.6 NA 4.7 NA 6.4 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 1,709 100.0 1,092 100.0 2,760 100.0 1,558 100.0Friend's or relative's home 778 45.5 433 39.6 1,416 51.3 597 38.3Hotel, motel, or resort 787 46.0 568 52.0 1,031 37.4 847 54.4Rntd. cabin, condo, or vac. home 42 2.5 11 1.0 106 3.8 14 0.9Ownd. cabin, condo, or vac. home 52 3.0 7 0.7 105 3.8 13 0.8Camper, trailer, recreational vehicle, tent 14 0.8 5 0.5 35 1.3 7 0.5Other 37 2.1 68 6.2 66 2.4 79 5.1

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.3 NA 7.4 NA 4.2 NA 6.2 NAFriend's or relative's home 5.1 NA 5.0 NA 4.4 NA 4.8 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.3 NA 8.9 NA 3.6 NA 6.7 NA

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation 11/3/97

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 2. Household Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to Census Division of Destination, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTrip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 2,464 100.0 105 100.0 1,441 100.0 292 100.0 129 100.0 343 100.0 NM NM NM NM 64 100.0 55 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 1,617 65.6 75 71.2 1,149 79.7 149 50.8 23 17.7 199 57.9 NM NM NM NM 4 6.8 19 35.4Commercial airplane 771 31.3 30 28.8 266 18.5 105 36.0 102 79.2 144 42.1 NM NM NM NM 60 93.2 35 64.6Other 75 3.1 -- -- 26 1.8 39 13.2 4 3.1 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 271 11.0 -- -- 271 18.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 448 18.2 -- -- 380 26.4 68 23.4 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 1,166 47.3 99 94.5 790 54.8 171 58.6 13 9.8 93 27.2 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles 248 10.1 6 5.5 -- -- 53 18.0 51 39.7 138 40.3 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --2000 miles or more 330 13.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 65 50.5 111 32.5 NM NM NM NM 64 100.0 55 100.0 Mean (miles) 1,010 NA 833 NA 534 NA 695 NA 1,806 NA 1,580 NA NM NM NM NM 4,271 NA 5,268 NA Median (miles) 650 NA 904 NA 596 NA 607 NA 2,061 NA 1,355 NA NM NM NM NM 4,128 NA 5,154 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 330 13.4 9 8.6 183 12.7 39 13.4 -- -- 79 23.1 NM NM NM NM 12 18.5 7 13.22nd quarter 502 20.4 12 11.0 299 20.8 75 25.5 21 16.4 81 23.5 NM NM NM NM 8 12.3 4 6.43rd quarter 868 35.2 37 34.8 464 32.2 111 37.9 70 54.1 100 29.2 NM NM NM NM 37 58.3 19 34.24th quarter 764 31.0 48 45.6 495 34.3 68 23.3 38 29.5 83 24.2 NM NM NM NM 7 10.9 25 46.2

Main purpose of tripBusiness 1,083 43.9 39 37.1 612 42.5 157 53.6 115 89.8 132 38.5 NM NM NM NM 4 6.9 23 42.0Pleasure 1,259 51.1 54 51.4 769 53.4 116 39.6 9 6.6 192 56.0 NM NM NM NM 60 93.1 32 58.0 Visit friends or relatives 717 29.1 19 18.2 476 33.0 74 25.3 5 3.5 79 23.0 NM NM NM NM 11 17.3 26 47.3 Leisure 542 22.0 35 33.1 294 20.4 42 14.3 4 3.1 113 33.0 NM NM NM NM 49 75.8 6 10.8Other 122 4.9 12 11.5 59 4.1 20 6.8 5 3.6 19 5.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 1,153 46.8 54 51.4 658 45.6 84 28.7 9 6.6 215 62.7 NM NM NM NM 64 100.0 35 64.6Weekend trip 803 32.6 33 31.2 565 39.2 80 27.5 18 14.1 89 25.9 NM NM NM NM 8 12.3 10 18.6 1 or 2 nights away from home 301 12.2 17 15.8 228 15.8 42 14.4 -- -- 14 4.2 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- 3 to 5 nights away from home 502 20.4 16 15.3 336 23.3 38 13.1 18 14.1 74 21.7 NM NM NM NM 8 12.3 10 18.6

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 2,218 90.0 58 55.3 1,345 93.4 270 92.5 129 100.0 279 81.5 NM NM NM NM 64 100.0 37 67.91+ adult, 1+ children under 18 205 8.3 30 28.4 81 5.6 22 7.5 -- -- 63 18.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- 8 14.4No adult, 1+ children under 18 41 1.7 17 16.3 14 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- 10 17.7 Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.5 NA 1.8 NA 1.5 NA 1.4 NA 1.1 NA 1.8 NA NM NM NM NM 1.4 NA 1.5 NA

Nights away from homeNone 750 30.4 33 30.9 498 34.6 113 38.8 65 50.5 36 10.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- 5 8.71 to 3 nights 980 39.8 43 40.9 695 48.2 110 37.7 45 35.3 57 16.6 NM NM NM NM 4 6.8 25 46.24 to 7 nights 501 20.3 17 16.6 215 14.9 55 18.7 14 10.6 136 39.8 NM NM NM NM 56 86.8 4 7.98 nights or more 233 9.5 12 11.5 33 2.3 14 4.8 5 3.5 114 33.1 NM NM NM NM 4 6.4 20 37.3 Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.7 NA 3.9 NA 3.2 NA 3.6 NA 2.7 NA 7.9 NA NM NM NM NM 6.6 NA 12.6 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 1,709 100.0 73 100.0 938 100.0 179 100.0 64 100.0 307 100.0 NM NM NM NM 64 100.0 50 100.0Friend's or relative's home 778 45.5 40 55.1 487 51.9 46 25.7 23 35.7 115 37.6 NM NM NM NM 11 17.3 21 42.3Hotel, motel, or resort 787 46.0 33 44.9 369 39.3 111 62.1 41 64.3 152 49.4 NM NM NM NM 53 82.7 29 57.7Other 144 8.4 -- -- 83 8.8 22 12.1 -- -- 40 13.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.3 NA 3.2 NA 3.1 NA 3.1 NA 2.7 NA 6.3 NA NM NM NM NM 6.6 NA 11.4 NAFriend's or relative's home 5.1 NA 4.4 NA 3.3 NA 2.7 NA 5.4 NA 7.4 NA NM NM NM NM 8.1 NA 23.9 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.3 NA 1.7 NA 2.8 NA 3.4 NA 1.2 NA 4.6 NA NM NM NM NM 6.3 NA 2.3 NA

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation 11/3/97

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 3. Household Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from Census Division of Origin, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTrip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 1,304 100.0 104 100.0 652 100.0 309 100.0 24 100.0 135 100.0 23 100.0 7 100.0 21 100.0 28 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 1,003 76.9 85 81.8 528 81.0 282 91.2 16 65.6 73 54.3 8 34.4 5 66.9 2 9.8 4 14.5Commercial airplane 225 17.3 16 15.7 70 10.8 19 6.0 8 34.4 55 40.7 14 61.7 2 24.1 17 81.2 24 85.5Other 75 5.8 3 2.5 54 8.3 9 2.8 -- -- 7 5.1 1 3.9 1 8.9 2 9.0 -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 123 9.5 -- -- 123 18.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 196 15.0 -- -- 115 17.6 81 26.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 716 55.0 95 91.1 396 60.7 162 52.4 -- -- 58 43.2 6 24.2 -- -- -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles 151 11.5 7 7.1 12 1.8 63 20.4 12 51.5 38 28.4 17 71.9 1 8.9 -- -- -- --2000 miles or more 117 9.0 2 1.8 6 0.9 3 0.8 12 48.5 39 28.5 1 3.9 6 91.1 21 100.0 28 100.0 Mean (miles) 930 NA 927 NA 565 NA 817 NA 2,097 NA 1,397 NA 1,291 NA 2,524 NA 3,567 NA 4,727 NA Median (miles) 712 NA 916 NA 574 NA 794 NA 1,936 NA 1,120 NA 1,293 NA 2,439 NA 3,449 NA 4,411 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 155 11.9 17 16.1 70 10.7 50 16.3 9 37.2 6 4.3 -- 1.8 -- -- 1 6.9 1 4.72nd quarter 335 25.7 32 30.6 156 24.0 80 25.9 3 10.4 34 25.4 1 3.5 4 60.2 3 15.4 22 77.43rd quarter 464 35.6 24 23.0 228 35.0 136 44.0 10 41.3 47 34.9 7 31.3 2 24.1 10 47.4 -- 1.64th quarter 349 26.8 32 30.3 198 30.3 43 13.9 3 11.1 48 35.4 15 63.3 1 15.6 6 30.3 5 16.2

Main purpose of tripBusiness 397 30.4 33 31.5 171 26.2 129 41.7 2 6.3 56 41.0 3 12.8 1 14.8 -- 2.4 3 9.1Pleasure 673 51.6 59 57.1 326 50.0 145 46.9 16 67.5 62 46.0 20 87.2 6 85.2 16 80.1 22 76.4 Visit friends or relatives 355 27.2 42 40.7 171 26.2 46 14.8 15 62.5 35 25.6 18 78.1 3 47.4 13 61.9 12 42.1 Leisure 318 24.4 17 16.4 155 23.8 99 32.1 1 5.1 28 20.4 2 9.0 3 37.8 4 18.2 10 34.2Other 234 18.0 12 11.4 155 23.8 35 11.4 6 26.2 18 13.0 -- -- -- -- 4 17.5 4 14.5

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 663 50.9 63 60.5 286 43.9 169 54.8 16 67.5 64 47.2 19 83.3 7 100.0 16 80.1 22 76.4Weekend trip 566 43.4 55 52.5 280 43.0 139 45.0 3 13.5 70 51.5 8 32.7 2 23.7 6 29.5 4 15.7 1 or 2 nights away from home 317 24.3 24 23.3 200 30.7 53 17.3 1 3.2 31 22.9 2 7.2 -- -- 1 5.5 4 14.5 3 to 5 nights away from home 250 19.1 30 29.2 80 12.2 85 27.7 3 10.4 39 28.5 6 25.5 2 23.7 5 24.0 -- 1.2

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 1,093 83.8 79 76.1 561 86.0 254 82.4 20 80.7 107 79.0 21 90.6 4 61.5 18 88.1 28 99.61+ adult, 1+ children under 18 151 11.6 25 23.7 41 6.2 50 16.2 5 19.3 27 19.9 1 3.5 3 38.5 1 2.9 -- 0.4No adult, 1+ children under 18 60 4.6 -- 0.2 51 7.8 4 1.3 -- -- 2 1.1 1 5.9 -- -- 2 9.0 -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.6 NA 1.9 NA 1.5 NA 1.8 NA 1.9 NA 1.7 NA 1.6 NA 2.6 NA 1.2 NA 1.4 NA

Nights away from homeNone 202 15.5 14 13.7 144 22.1 30 9.8 7 30.3 4 2.6 -- -- -- -- 2 11.8 -- 1.71 to 3 nights 755 57.9 67 64.4 426 65.3 173 56.0 2 9.4 68 49.9 10 41.6 3 37.8 1 5.5 6 20.44 to 7 nights 192 14.7 17 16.8 34 5.2 67 21.7 8 31.9 44 32.5 11 47.7 2 23.7 9 46.1 -- --8 nights or more 155 11.9 5 5.2 49 7.5 39 12.5 7 28.3 20 14.9 2 10.6 3 38.5 8 36.6 22 77.9 Mean, excluding none (nights) 7.6 NA 3.4 NA 4.1 NA 16.1 NA 9.7 NA 4.7 NA 4.4 NA 5.1 NA 7.4 NA 16.3 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 1,092 100.0 89 100.0 508 100.0 274 100.0 17 100.0 128 100.0 23 100.0 7 100.0 18 100.0 28 100.0Friend's or relative's home 433 39.6 43 48.0 202 39.7 77 28.1 14 85.1 49 38.6 19 80.0 2 24.6 15 83.0 12 42.9Hotel, motel, or resort 568 52.0 44 49.5 237 46.7 192 70.1 3 14.9 67 52.4 5 20.0 5 75.4 3 17.0 12 42.3Other 92 8.4 2 2.4 69 13.6 5 1.8 -- -- 12 9.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 14.8

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 7.4 NA 3.3 NA 4.1 NA 16.0 NA 7.7 NA 4.6 NA 4.4 NA 4.6 NA 7.0 NA 14.3 NAFriend's or relative's home 5.0 NA 3.2 NA 3.5 NA 4.7 NA 8.5 NA 5.4 NA 4.8 NA 7.2 NA 7.9 NA 28.1 NAHotel, motel, or resort 8.9 NA 3.4 NA 2.7 NA 20.7 NA 3.4 NA 3.2 NA 3.0 NA 3.8 NA 3.1 NA 4.5 NA

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation 11/3/97

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 4. Household Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent State Destinations, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State destinations are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:New York Penn. New Jers. Ohio Florida Illinois South Car. Missouri Virginia California

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 968 100.0 260 100.0 213 100.0 127 100.0 111 100.0 99 100.0 44 100.0 98 100.0 46 100.0 51 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 837 86.5 255 98.0 57 26.8 109 86.0 54 48.3 23 23.2 44 100.0 5 4.7 39 83.3 19 37.9Commercial airplane 110 11.4 -- -- 156 73.2 5 3.9 58 51.7 76 76.8 -- -- 89 91.3 8 16.7 32 62.1Other 21 2.2 5 2.0 -- -- 13 10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4.0 -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 238 24.6 34 12.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 193 20.0 187 71.8 -- -- 68 54.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 537 55.5 40 15.2 213 100.0 58 46.0 -- -- 46 46.7 -- -- -- -- 12 26.3 -- --1000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53 53.3 44 100.0 33 33.6 34 73.7 -- --2000 miles or more -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 111 100.0 -- -- -- -- 65 66.4 -- -- 51 100.0 Mean (miles) 516 NA 462 NA 704 NA 528 NA 2,483 NA 852 NA 1,693 NA 1,967 NA 1,198 NA 4,972 NA Median (miles) 586 NA 447 NA 628 NA 496 NA 2,425 NA 1,003 NA 1,655 NA 2,061 NA 1,252 NA 5,154 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 115 11.9 68 26.1 -- -- 39 30.9 29 25.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 7.12nd quarter 197 20.4 91 34.8 11 5.3 45 35.7 30 26.5 17 17.5 19 42.7 4 4.0 4 9.6 4 6.93rd quarter 252 26.0 72 27.5 141 66.0 37 29.5 22 19.5 50 50.2 19 44.3 70 71.1 34 73.7 19 36.64th quarter 404 41.7 30 11.5 61 28.7 5 3.9 32 28.4 32 32.3 6 13.0 24 24.9 8 16.7 25 49.4

Main purpose of tripBusiness 432 44.6 31 12.0 150 70.2 47 36.9 47 41.9 53 53.6 19 43.1 89 91.3 4 9.6 19 37.9Pleasure 480 49.6 226 86.9 63 29.8 66 52.1 56 49.9 46 46.4 25 56.9 9 8.7 42 90.4 32 62.1 Visit friends or relatives 282 29.2 180 69.2 13 6.2 28 22.2 17 15.7 46 46.4 5 12.1 5 4.7 33 71.6 26 50.6 Leisure 198 20.4 46 17.7 50 23.6 38 29.9 38 34.2 -- -- 20 44.9 4 4.0 9 18.8 6 11.5Other 56 5.8 3 1.1 -- -- 14 11.0 9 8.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 517 53.4 77 29.8 63 29.8 52 40.9 64 57.4 28 28.5 30 67.8 9 8.7 42 90.4 32 62.1Weekend trip 405 41.9 127 48.8 32 15.2 42 33.2 11 9.7 28 28.5 14 32.2 -- -- 8 16.7 10 20.0 1 or 2 nights away from home 170 17.5 34 13.2 24 11.3 42 33.2 7 6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 to 5 nights away from home 235 24.3 93 35.6 8 3.9 -- -- 4 3.7 28 28.5 14 32.2 -- -- 8 16.7 10 20.0

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 893 92.3 248 95.5 204 95.6 105 82.6 98 87.6 99 100.0 20 44.4 98 100.0 38 81.2 37 72.71+ adult, 1+ children under 18 60 6.2 12 4.5 9 4.4 22 17.4 14 12.4 -- -- 24 55.6 -- -- 9 18.8 4 8.4No adult, 1+ children under 18 14 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 18.9 Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.6 NA 1.6 NA 1.3 NA 1.7 NA 1.8 NA 1.2 NA 2.7 NA 1.0 NA 2.1 NA 1.4 NA

Nights away from homeNone 336 34.8 37 14.1 125 58.7 19 15.3 3 3.0 37 37.6 4 8.5 65 66.4 4 9.6 5 9.31 to 3 nights 492 50.9 127 48.8 75 35.3 89 70.6 35 31.1 11 10.8 -- -- 28 28.9 -- -- 25 49.44 to 7 nights 106 10.9 96 37.0 13 6.0 4 3.0 30 26.7 51 51.6 25 56.1 -- -- 16 35.5 4 8.48 nights or more 33 3.4 -- -- -- -- 14 11.2 44 39.3 -- -- 16 35.4 5 4.7 25 54.9 17 32.9 Mean, excluding none (nights) 3.3 NA 3.4 NA 2.2 NA 2.7 NA 9.3 NA 5.4 NA 7.2 NA 2.4 NA 7.2 NA 11.7 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 626 100.0 223 100.0 88 100.0 107 100.0 108 100.0 62 100.0 40 100.0 33 100.0 42 100.0 47 100.0Friend's or relative's home 276 44.0 198 88.5 13 14.9 28 26.2 20 18.7 18 29.1 19 48.4 5 13.9 33 79.2 21 45.5Hotel, motel, or resort 273 43.5 26 11.5 70 79.9 57 53.5 72 67.0 44 70.9 5 13.1 28 86.1 -- -- 25 54.5Other 78 12.5 -- -- 5 5.1 22 20.3 16 14.4 -- -- 15 38.5 -- -- 9 20.8 -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 3.3 NA 3.2 NA 1.8 NA 2.7 NA 6.8 NA 3.8 NA 7.2 NA 2.4 NA 3.6 NA 11.7 NAFriend's or relative's home 3.3 NA 3.3 NA 3.5 NA 2.0 NA 8.4 NA 3.8 NA 5.4 NA 9.0 NA 2.7 NA 23.9 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.3 NA 2.5 NA 1.2 NA 3.2 NA 4.8 NA 3.7 NA 13.0 NA 1.3 NA -- NA 1.5 NA

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation 11/3/97

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 5. Household Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent State Origins, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State origins are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:New York Ohio Penn. Michigan New Jers. Mass. Florida Maryland Illinois Virginia

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 401 100.0 164 100.0 155 100.0 81 100.0 96 100.0 56 100.0 44 100.0 29 100.0 47 100.0 34 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 317 79.0 153 92.9 137 88.6 75 93.3 74 77.0 49 86.9 8 19.1 21 73.4 39 82.6 23 67.4Commercial airplane 45 11.2 3 1.9 3 2.2 5 6.7 22 23.0 7 13.1 35 80.9 3 12.0 8 17.4 11 32.6Other 40 9.9 9 5.2 14 9.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 14.6 -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 74 18.5 -- -- 49 31.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 72 18.0 81 49.5 43 27.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 244 60.7 78 47.5 63 40.9 71 88.1 89 93.1 54 97.1 -- -- 24 84.9 4 9.3 18 51.91000 to 1999 miles 5 1.3 5 2.9 -- -- 7 8.6 7 6.9 -- -- 5 11.7 4 15.1 42 90.7 16 48.12000 miles or more 6 1.5 -- -- -- -- 3 3.2 -- -- 2 2.9 39 88.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 546 NA 596 NA 473 NA 1,062 NA 794 NA 933 NA 2,279 NA 927 NA 1,060 NA 933 NA Median (miles) 560 NA 540 NA 474 NA 794 NA 769 NA 916 NA 2,355 NA 898 NA 1,060 NA 968 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 55 13.7 12 7.5 11 7.1 5 5.7 4 4.3 8 14.8 -- -- 6 19.3 33 71.4 -- --2nd quarter 88 22.0 52 31.6 34 22.1 15 18.4 34 35.2 14 25.4 9 20.9 4 15.2 5 10.1 13 38.03rd quarter 159 39.5 77 46.7 32 20.6 50 61.6 38 39.4 11 19.0 12 27.9 15 50.9 5 10.4 11 32.14th quarter 100 24.8 23 14.1 78 50.2 11 14.3 20 21.1 23 40.7 22 51.2 4 14.6 4 8.1 10 29.9

Main purpose of tripBusiness 121 30.2 89 54.1 25 15.9 5 6.2 25 26.2 21 37.3 17 39.3 9 30.5 33 70.2 23 67.8Pleasure 178 44.3 59 36.0 88 57.1 61 76.3 60 62.4 34 59.9 19 44.0 19 66.0 14 29.8 7 20.1 Visit friends or relatives 71 17.7 17 10.3 68 44.1 15 18.4 32 33.0 27 49.0 8 17.9 12 41.8 14 29.8 4 12.1 Leisure 107 26.6 42 25.7 20 13.0 47 57.9 28 29.4 6 10.9 11 26.1 7 24.3 -- -- 3 8.0Other 102 25.5 16 9.9 42 27.1 14 17.6 11 11.4 2 2.8 7 16.7 1 3.5 -- -- 4 12.1

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 172 42.9 82 49.9 57 36.6 68 84.1 57 59.8 35 62.7 27 61.5 18 60.9 9 19.7 4 10.8Weekend trip 118 29.4 41 24.9 94 60.6 55 68.1 68 71.3 35 63.2 18 41.9 17 60.6 39 82.6 18 54.6 1 or 2 nights away from home 85 21.2 33 20.1 67 43.2 20 25.3 48 50.7 16 29.2 10 22.1 14 47.4 -- -- 2 6.6 3 to 5 nights away from home 33 8.2 8 4.8 27 17.4 34 42.8 20 20.5 19 34.0 9 19.9 4 13.2 39 82.6 16 48.0

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 347 86.6 133 80.9 131 84.2 58 71.6 83 86.6 39 70.4 39 90.0 19 64.6 47 100.0 30 88.11+ adult, 1+ children under 18 28 6.9 31 19.1 -- -- 19 23.3 13 13.4 17 29.6 4 10.0 10 35.4 -- -- 4 11.9No adult, 1+ children under 18 26 6.5 -- -- 24 15.8 4 5.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.5 NA 1.7 NA 1.4 NA 2.4 NA 1.6 NA 1.9 NA 1.4 NA 2.2 NA 1.1 NA 1.4 NA

Nights away from homeNone 94 23.4 20 12.3 49 31.5 3 3.2 1 1.2 8 14.2 -- -- 2 8.5 4 8.1 -- --1 to 3 nights 235 58.6 110 66.8 104 66.8 46 57.7 87 90.9 39 68.7 22 50.2 17 60.3 10 20.5 17 50.04 to 7 nights 24 5.9 5 2.8 3 1.7 29 35.9 8 7.9 10 17.1 12 27.6 9 31.2 29 62.1 14 42.78 nights or more 49 12.1 30 18.1 -- -- 3 3.2 -- -- -- -- 10 22.1 -- -- 4 9.3 2 7.4 Mean, excluding none (nights) 5.4 NA 26.9 NA 2.0 NA 3.6 NA 2.4 NA 2.9 NA 6.3 NA 3.3 NA 5.7 NA 3.7 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 308 100.0 139 100.0 106 100.0 78 100.0 94 100.0 48 100.0 44 100.0 22 100.0 43 100.0 34 100.0Friend's or relative's home 118 38.2 13 9.5 58 54.1 47 60.5 27 28.4 24 49.0 18 40.9 13 58.9 14 32.4 7 21.0Hotel, motel, or resort 133 43.4 123 88.5 36 34.0 31 39.5 68 71.6 25 51.0 15 34.1 9 41.1 29 67.6 27 79.0Other 56 18.4 3 2.1 13 11.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 25.1 -- -- -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 5.4 NA 27.6 NA 2.0 NA 2.9 NA 2.4 NA 2.9 NA 6.1 NA 3.3 NA 5.7 NA 3.7 NAFriend's or relative's home 4.3 NA 5.1 NA 2.4 NA 3.4 NA 2.7 NA 2.7 NA 6.9 NA 3.7 NA 9.2 NA 5.0 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.1 NA 30.6 NA 1.7 NA 2.0 NA 2.2 NA 3.0 NA 2.2 NA 2.6 NA 4.0 NA 3.3 NA

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Table 6. Household Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Destinations, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area destinations are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Syracuse Newburgh Pittsburgh New York Chicago Atlantic City Kansas City Newark Rochester Cleveland

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 254 100.0 197 100.0 173 100.0 121 100.0 99 100.0 59 100.0 NM NM NM NM 49 100.0 49 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 254 100.0 197 100.0 173 100.0 6 4.7 23 23.2 52 89.0 NM NM NM NM 49 100.0 49 100.0Commercial airplane -- -- -- -- -- -- 101 83.5 76 76.8 6 11.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 11.9 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 157 61.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 44 89.7 -- --300 to 499 miles 97 38.2 -- -- 173 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 5 10.3 49 100.0500 to 999 miles -- -- 197 100.0 -- -- 121 100.0 46 46.7 59 100.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53 53.3 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --2000 miles or more -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 304 NA 688 NA 443 NA 685 NA 852 NA 908 NA NM NM NM NM 240 NA 397 NA Median (miles) 298 NA 710 NA 447 NA 675 NA 1,003 NA 916 NA NM NM NM NM 223 NA 404 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 61 24.2 4 2.0 63 36.4 7 6.1 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 3 7.1 21 43.02nd quarter 63 25.0 41 20.9 77 44.6 8 6.5 17 17.5 6 11.0 NM NM NM NM 3 7.1 5 9.53rd quarter 42 16.6 53 26.8 33 19.0 38 31.1 50 50.2 44 74.9 NM NM NM NM 18 36.1 23 47.54th quarter 87 34.3 99 50.3 -- -- 68 56.3 32 32.3 8 14.1 NM NM NM NM 24 49.8 -- --

Main purpose of tripBusiness 117 46.0 69 35.2 -- -- 90 74.4 53 53.6 -- -- NM NM NM NM 7 14.2 12 24.0Pleasure 137 54.0 128 64.8 173 100.0 27 22.4 46 46.4 59 100.0 NM NM NM NM 29 60.1 23 47.5 Visit friends or relatives 106 41.8 96 48.8 157 90.5 6 4.7 46 46.4 8 14.1 NM NM NM NM 24 49.8 23 47.5 Leisure 31 12.2 32 16.0 16 9.5 21 17.7 -- -- 50 85.9 NM NM NM NM 5 10.3 -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 3.3 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 13 25.8 14 28.5

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 161 63.2 96 48.8 42 24.2 27 22.4 28 28.5 59 100.0 NM NM NM NM 35 71.7 23 47.5Weekend trip 159 62.6 40 20.4 82 47.6 45 37.4 28 28.5 28 47.0 NM NM NM NM 18 36.1 37 76.0 1 or 2 nights away from home 67 26.3 12 5.9 9 5.2 28 23.6 -- -- 19 32.9 NM NM NM NM 18 36.1 37 76.0 3 to 5 nights away from home 92 36.3 29 14.5 73 42.4 17 13.8 28 28.5 8 14.1 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 222 87.6 197 100.0 173 100.0 114 94.1 99 100.0 54 92.3 NM NM NM NM 42 85.9 49 100.01+ adult, 1+ children under 18 32 12.4 -- -- -- -- 7 5.9 -- -- 5 7.7 NM NM NM NM 7 14.1 -- --No adult, 1+ children under 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 1.7 NA 1.5 NA 1.6 NA 1.2 NA 1.2 NA 1.8 NA NM NM NM NM 1.9 NA 1.3 NA

Nights away from homeNone 85 33.4 68 34.3 7 4.3 58 48.1 37 37.6 -- -- NM NM NM NM 31 63.9 -- --1 to 3 nights 122 48.1 126 63.7 82 47.6 50 41.5 11 10.8 46 78.2 NM NM NM NM 18 36.1 49 100.04 to 7 nights 47 18.5 -- -- 83 48.1 10 7.9 51 51.6 13 21.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --8 nights or more -- -- 4 2.0 -- -- 3 2.5 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean, excluding none (nights) 2.8 NA 2.6 NA 3.4 NA 2.2 NA 5.4 NA 2.7 NA NM NM NM NM 1.6 NA 1.8 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 169 100.0 130 100.0 166 100.0 63 100.0 62 100.0 59 100.0 NM NM NM NM 13 100.0 49 100.0Friend's or relative's home 158 93.2 -- -- 157 94.6 9 13.7 18 29.1 8 14.1 NM NM NM NM 7 54.7 23 47.5Hotel, motel, or resort 12 6.8 130 100.0 9 5.4 54 86.3 44 70.9 46 78.2 NM NM NM NM 6 45.3 12 24.0Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 7.7 NM NM NM NM -- -- 14 28.5

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 2.8 NA 2.6 NA 3.4 NA 2.0 NA 3.8 NA 2.2 NA NM NM NM NM 1.5 NA 1.8 NAFriend's or relative's home 3.0 NA -- NA 3.5 NA 4.3 NA 3.8 NA 5.0 NA NM NM NM NM 1.0 NA 2.0 NAHotel, motel, or resort 1.4 NA 2.6 NA 2.0 NA 1.6 NA 3.7 NA 1.3 NA NM NM NM NM 2.0 NA 1.0 NA

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Table 7. Household Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Origins,by Selected Trip Characteristics; 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area origins are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Albany NY Detroit Cleveland Syracuse New York Erie Wash. Newark Pittsburgh Lowell

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All household trips 126 100.0 46 100.0 70 100.0 83 100.0 43 100.0 53 100.0 37 100.0 30 100.0 35 100.0 26 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 96 76.5 43 94.4 62 88.7 64 77.1 29 67.9 53 100.0 19 50.5 19 63.9 32 90.6 25 92.9Commercial airplane 29 23.5 3 5.6 3 4.4 -- -- 3 6.6 -- -- 14 38.1 11 36.1 3 9.4 2 7.1Other -- -- -- -- 5 6.9 19 22.9 11 25.6 -- -- 4 11.4 -- -- -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 71.4 -- -- 49 92.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles -- -- -- -- 65 93.1 24 28.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 100.0 -- --500 to 999 miles 126 100.0 43 94.3 -- -- -- -- 32 73.8 4 7.8 32 87.1 30 100.0 -- -- 26 100.01000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- 5 6.9 -- -- 5 12.2 -- -- 5 12.9 -- -- -- -- -- --2000 miles or more -- -- 3 5.7 -- -- -- -- 6 14.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 572 NA 1,213 NA 484 NA 298 NA 1,005 NA 286 NA 888 NA 721 NA 462 NA 908 NA Median (miles) 560 NA 794 NA 442 NA 298 NA 792 NA 251 NA 915 NA 758 NA 474 NA 916 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 18 14.1 -- -- 12 17.6 14 16.8 3 6.6 8 15.8 3 7.1 -- -- -- -- -- --2nd quarter 8 6.0 7 15.2 27 38.9 20 24.3 -- -- 11 21.1 16 43.5 18 59.3 3 9.4 6 23.03rd quarter 58 46.6 36 79.2 16 22.2 35 42.4 26 60.6 8 15.4 13 36.4 12 40.7 8 21.7 2 7.64th quarter 42 33.3 3 5.6 15 21.4 14 16.4 14 32.8 25 47.8 5 13.0 -- -- 24 68.9 18 69.4

Main purpose of tripBusiness 42 33.3 3 5.6 40 57.1 9 10.7 6 14.0 11 21.1 20 53.8 13 43.8 -- -- 8 30.1Pleasure 46 36.4 40 86.7 27 38.2 68 82.1 16 36.2 -- -- 14 38.4 17 56.2 35 100.0 18 69.9 Visit friends or relatives 11 9.0 3 5.7 10 13.8 19 22.6 10 24.0 -- -- 7 18.7 7 24.7 28 78.8 16 62.3 Leisure 34 27.4 37 81.0 17 24.3 50 59.5 5 12.2 -- -- 7 19.6 9 31.5 8 21.2 2 7.6Other 38 30.3 4 7.7 3 4.7 6 7.2 21 49.8 42 78.9 3 7.8 -- -- -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 30 24.3 43 94.4 27 38.5 68 82.1 21 47.7 -- -- 13 34.3 17 56.2 8 21.7 18 69.9Weekend trip 5 4.3 26 55.5 20 28.9 48 58.0 27 62.9 4 7.8 15 40.1 19 63.9 31 88.2 16 62.3 1 or 2 nights away from home 5 4.3 10 22.5 17 24.5 41 49.6 7 15.4 4 7.8 11 28.6 19 63.9 7 19.3 11 42.9 3 to 5 nights away from home -- -- 15 33.0 3 4.4 7 8.4 20 47.5 -- -- 4 11.5 -- -- 24 68.9 5 19.3

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 111 88.7 27 59.3 65 92.9 57 68.7 33 76.3 53 100.0 24 65.5 22 73.1 11 31.1 13 49.41+ adult, 1+ children under 18 14 11.3 19 40.7 5 7.1 -- -- 10 23.7 -- -- 13 34.5 8 26.9 -- -- 13 50.6No adult, 1+ children under 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 31.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 24 68.9 -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.1 NA 3.2 NA 1.4 NA 1.2 NA 1.8 NA 1.5 NA 1.9 NA 2.1 NA 1.9 NA 2.5 NA

Nights away from homeNone 55 44.1 3 5.6 12 17.3 7 8.4 -- -- 41 76.4 2 6.7 -- -- 4 11.8 8 30.11 to 3 nights 41 32.8 26 55.7 58 82.7 64 77.1 24 56.4 13 23.6 26 71.4 30 100.0 31 88.2 18 69.94 to 7 nights 11 8.7 15 33.0 -- -- -- -- 13 29.6 -- -- 6 15.1 -- -- -- -- -- --8 nights or more 18 14.5 3 5.7 -- -- 12 14.4 6 14.0 -- -- 2 6.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.5 NA 3.8 NA 1.4 NA 9.1 NA 4.2 NA 1.0 NA 3.1 NA 2.3 NA 2.7 NA 2.3 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 70 100.0 43 100.0 58 100.0 76 100.0 43 100.0 13 100.0 30 100.0 30 100.0 31 100.0 18 100.0Friend's or relative's home -- -- 18 41.0 10 16.7 32 42.0 24 55.6 -- -- 8 25.0 7 24.7 24 78.1 16 89.1Hotel, motel, or resort 70 100.0 26 59.0 48 83.3 9 11.7 5 12.2 -- -- 23 75.0 22 75.3 7 21.9 2 10.9Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 46.3 14 32.1 13 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.5 NA 2.8 NA 1.4 NA 9.1 NA 4.2 NA 1.0 NA 3.0 NA 2.3 NA 2.7 NA 2.3 NAFriend's or relative's home -- NA 3.9 NA 2.3 NA 2.1 NA 2.8 NA -- NA 5.6 NA 2.0 NA 3.0 NA 2.3 NAHotel, motel, or resort 4.5 NA 2.0 NA 1.2 NA 2.0 NA 4.0 NA -- NA 2.2 NA 2.4 NA 1.5 NA 2.0 NA

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Table 8. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to Census Division of Destination, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTrip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 3,641 100.0 176 100.0 2,146 100.0 400 100.0 137 100.0 576 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 83 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 2,685 73.8 145 82.7 1,843 85.9 252 63.1 28 20.5 390 67.7 NM NM NM NM 8 8.9 19 23.5Commercial airplane 873 24.0 30 17.3 277 12.9 109 27.3 102 74.4 186 32.3 NM NM NM NM 78 91.1 63 76.5Other 82 2.3 -- -- 26 1.2 39 9.7 7 5.2 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 524 14.4 -- -- 524 24.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 678 18.6 -- -- 569 26.5 109 27.2 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 1,583 43.5 156 88.7 1,052 49.0 224 55.9 13 9.2 139 24.1 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles 400 11.0 20 11.3 -- -- 67 16.8 59 43.4 254 44.1 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --2000 miles or more 455 12.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 65 47.4 183 31.9 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 83 100.0 Mean (miles) 1,004 NA 874 NA 519 NA 670 NA 1,799 NA 1,623 NA NM NM NM NM 4,311 NA 5,673 NA Median (miles) 651 NA 907 NA 486 NA 548 NA 1,981 NA 1,613 NA NM NM NM NM 4,128 NA 5,154 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 520 14.3 30 17.0 252 11.7 55 13.7 -- -- 143 24.8 NM NM NM NM 22 25.9 18 22.02nd quarter 779 21.4 26 15.1 432 20.1 118 29.6 30 21.5 150 26.1 NM NM NM NM 15 17.3 4 4.33rd quarter 1,217 33.4 54 30.7 645 30.0 150 37.6 70 50.8 195 33.9 NM NM NM NM 37 43.8 31 36.94th quarter 1,126 30.9 65 37.2 818 38.1 76 19.0 38 27.7 87 15.1 NM NM NM NM 11 13.1 30 36.7

Main purpose of tripBusiness 1,194 32.8 39 22.2 673 31.4 164 40.9 115 84.3 164 28.5 NM NM NM NM 8 9.2 31 37.1Pleasure 2,225 61.1 97 55.1 1,381 64.3 193 48.2 12 8.5 386 67.0 NM NM NM NM 78 90.8 52 62.9 Visit friends or relatives 1,342 36.9 34 19.5 948 44.2 85 21.3 5 3.3 182 31.6 NM NM NM NM 19 22.1 41 49.7 Leisure 883 24.3 63 35.7 433 20.2 107 26.9 7 5.2 204 35.4 NM NM NM NM 59 68.7 11 13.2Other 222 6.1 40 22.7 92 4.3 43 10.9 10 7.2 26 4.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 2,119 58.2 97 55.1 1,267 59.0 138 34.6 12 8.5 419 72.7 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 63 76.5Weekend trip 1,470 40.4 62 35.2 1,054 49.1 125 31.3 23 17.1 164 28.4 NM NM NM NM 15 17.3 27 32.7 1 or 2 nights away from home 630 17.3 34 19.2 513 23.9 69 17.3 -- -- 14 2.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- 3 to 5 nights away from home 840 23.1 28 16.0 541 25.2 56 14.1 23 17.1 149 26.0 NM NM NM NM 15 17.3 27 32.7

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 2,861 78.6 73 41.7 1,797 83.7 331 82.9 137 100.0 353 61.4 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 46 55.21+ adult, 1+ children under 18 739 20.3 85 48.6 335 15.6 68 17.1 -- -- 222 38.6 NM NM NM NM -- -- 27 33.0No adult, 1+ children under 18 41 1.1 17 9.7 14 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- 10 11.7 Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.0 NA 2.3 NA 2.0 NA 1.7 NA 1.1 NA 2.4 NA NM NM NM NM 1.6 NA 2.1 NA

Nights away from homeNone 871 23.9 33 18.5 613 28.6 113 28.4 65 47.4 43 7.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- 5 5.71 to 3 nights 1,585 43.5 67 38.3 1,175 54.8 180 45.1 54 39.3 70 12.1 NM NM NM NM 8 8.9 30 36.74 to 7 nights 779 21.4 36 20.6 321 15.0 62 15.6 14 9.9 256 44.5 NM NM NM NM 70 82.1 16 19.58 nights or more 406 11.1 40 22.7 37 1.7 43 10.9 5 3.3 207 35.9 NM NM NM NM 8 9.0 31 38.0 Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.7 NA 4.8 NA 3.1 NA 3.9 NA 2.7 NA 8.0 NA NM NM NM NM 6.5 NA 11.8 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 2,760 100.0 143 100.0 1,524 100.0 286 100.0 72 100.0 533 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 78 100.0Friend's or relative's home 1,416 51.3 83 57.8 920 60.3 61 21.3 28 38.9 231 43.4 NM NM NM NM 19 22.1 36 46.6Hotel, motel, or resort 1,031 37.4 60 42.2 445 29.2 163 56.9 44 61.1 211 39.5 NM NM NM NM 67 77.9 42 53.4Other 312 11.3 -- -- 159 10.4 62 21.8 -- -- 91 17.1 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.2 NA 4.1 NA 3.0 NA 3.5 NA 2.7 NA 6.3 NA NM NM NM NM 6.5 NA 9.5 NAFriend's or relative's home 4.4 NA 5.7 NA 3.0 NA 2.9 NA 4.9 NA 6.5 NA NM NM NM NM 8.2 NA 16.5 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.6 NA 1.8 NA 2.8 NA 4.2 NA 1.3 NA 5.0 NA NM NM NM NM 6.0 NA 3.4 NA

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Table 9. Person Trips to Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from Census Division of Origin, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTrip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 1,935 100.0 165 100.0 933 100.0 481 100.0 40 100.0 208 100.0 32 100.0 14 100.0 24 100.0 38 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 1,558 80.6 144 87.0 769 82.5 452 93.9 29 72.7 136 65.5 10 32.5 12 83.9 2 8.5 4 10.9Commercial airplane 294 15.2 19 11.4 103 11.0 21 4.3 11 27.3 65 31.2 21 64.7 2 11.7 20 83.7 34 89.1Other 82 4.2 3 1.6 60 6.5 9 1.8 -- -- 7 3.3 1 2.8 1 4.3 2 7.8 -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 149 7.7 -- -- 149 16.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 267 13.8 -- -- 154 16.6 112 23.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 1,122 58.0 148 89.4 593 63.6 286 59.3 -- -- 88 42.4 8 25.1 -- -- -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles 231 11.9 15 9.4 30 3.2 79 16.4 15 37.8 67 32.4 23 72.0 1 4.3 -- -- -- --2000 miles or more 166 8.6 2 1.2 6 0.6 5 1.0 25 62.2 52 25.2 1 2.8 14 95.7 24 100.0 38 100.0 Mean (miles) 944 NA 924 NA 586 NA 836 NA 2,372 NA 1,397 NA 1,274 NA 2,481 NA 3,626 NA 4,688 NA Median (miles) 762 NA 916 NA 580 NA 794 NA 2,007 NA 1,120 NA 1,293 NA 2,439 NA 3,449 NA 4,410 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 186 9.6 22 13.0 91 9.8 53 11.0 10 24.0 7 3.3 -- 1.3 -- -- 2 7.3 1 3.52nd quarter 489 25.3 46 27.9 233 25.0 109 22.7 4 10.9 50 24.1 3 8.3 9 62.1 3 13.3 31 82.03rd quarter 816 42.2 44 26.5 363 39.0 272 56.4 23 58.3 89 43.0 9 28.1 2 11.7 13 53.1 1 2.34th quarter 444 23.0 54 32.5 245 26.2 47 9.8 3 6.8 62 29.6 20 62.2 4 26.1 6 26.3 5 12.2

Main purpose of tripBusiness 432 22.3 34 20.6 178 19.1 142 29.4 2 3.9 67 32.1 5 15.1 2 12.8 -- 2.0 3 6.8Pleasure 1,090 56.3 111 67.5 463 49.6 279 58.1 32 80.1 114 55.0 27 84.9 12 87.2 19 79.5 31 82.3 Visit friends or relatives 540 27.9 76 46.1 253 27.2 61 12.7 28 71.3 62 29.7 25 76.6 9 64.1 13 56.5 12 32.7 Leisure 550 28.4 35 21.3 210 22.5 218 45.4 3 8.8 53 25.3 3 8.3 3 23.0 5 23.0 19 49.6Other 413 21.4 20 12.0 292 31.3 60 12.5 6 16.0 27 12.9 -- -- -- -- 4 18.4 4 10.9

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 1,111 57.4 117 70.9 443 47.5 322 66.9 32 80.1 106 51.2 26 82.1 14 100.0 19 79.5 31 82.3Weekend trip 851 44.0 97 58.9 401 43.0 217 45.1 7 18.5 105 50.5 8 25.5 2 17.2 8 32.8 5 12.3 1 or 2 nights away from home 486 25.1 51 31.1 273 29.3 110 22.8 3 6.4 40 19.1 2 7.0 -- -- 3 12.0 4 10.9 3 to 5 nights away from home 365 18.9 46 27.9 128 13.7 107 22.3 5 12.1 65 31.4 6 18.5 2 17.2 5 20.9 1 1.5

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 1,354 70.0 96 58.2 694 74.4 322 67.0 22 55.3 129 61.9 27 83.8 6 40.2 20 85.2 38 99.11+ adult, 1+ children under 18 497 25.7 69 41.7 170 18.2 150 31.1 18 44.7 78 37.4 3 8.3 8 59.8 2 7.0 -- 0.9No adult, 1+ children under 18 84 4.3 -- 0.1 69 7.4 9 1.9 -- -- 2 0.7 3 7.9 -- -- 2 7.8 -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.2 NA 2.4 NA 2.1 NA 2.4 NA 2.8 NA 2.3 NA 1.8 NA 3.3 NA 1.4 NA 1.5 NA

Nights away from homeNone 364 18.8 17 10.4 288 30.9 43 8.9 10 24.3 4 1.8 -- -- -- -- 3 11.8 -- 1.31 to 3 nights 1,088 56.3 113 68.3 542 58.1 312 64.7 4 10.3 94 45.0 12 37.8 3 23.0 3 12.0 6 15.94 to 7 nights 282 14.6 29 17.8 54 5.8 84 17.5 10 25.3 76 36.7 16 50.9 2 17.2 9 40.0 -- --8 nights or more 200 10.3 6 3.5 49 5.2 43 8.9 16 40.1 34 16.4 4 11.3 8 59.8 9 36.3 31 82.8 Mean, excluding none (nights) 6.4 NA 3.1 NA 3.7 NA 11.2 NA 11.3 NA 4.9 NA 4.6 NA 6.3 NA 7.1 NA 14.7 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 1,558 100.0 146 100.0 645 100.0 432 100.0 30 100.0 200 100.0 32 100.0 14 100.0 21 100.0 37 100.0Friend's or relative's home 597 38.3 80 54.4 251 38.9 107 24.7 25 84.0 77 38.4 25 77.9 4 30.5 16 77.0 12 33.1Hotel, motel, or resort 847 54.4 62 42.5 321 49.8 314 72.7 5 16.0 103 51.4 7 22.1 10 69.5 5 23.0 21 55.9Other 114 7.3 5 3.1 73 11.3 12 2.7 -- -- 20 10.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 11.0

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 6.2 NA 3.0 NA 3.7 NA 10.9 NA 9.4 NA 4.7 NA 4.6 NA 5.6 NA 6.8 NA 11.7 NAFriend's or relative's home 4.8 NA 3.0 NA 3.4 NA 4.5 NA 10.5 NA 5.2 NA 5.0 NA 8.3 NA 8.1 NA 27.3 NAHotel, motel, or resort 6.7 NA 3.0 NA 2.5 NA 13.4 NA 3.7 NA 3.3 NA 2.9 NA 4.5 NA 2.4 NA 4.3 NA

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Table 10. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent State Destinations, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State destinations are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:New York Penn. New Jers. Ohio Florida Illinois South Car. Missouri Virginia California

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 1,486 100.0 402 100.0 258 100.0 216 100.0 183 100.0 113 100.0 107 100.0 101 100.0 79 100.0 71 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 1,344 90.4 397 98.7 102 39.5 194 90.1 88 47.9 37 33.1 107 100.0 5 4.5 71 90.1 19 27.2Commercial airplane 121 8.2 -- -- 156 60.5 9 4.0 96 52.1 76 66.9 -- -- 89 88.5 8 9.9 52 72.8Other 21 1.4 5 1.3 -- -- 13 6.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 7.0 -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 484 32.6 40 10.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 294 19.8 275 68.4 -- -- 109 50.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 708 47.6 87 21.7 258 100.0 107 49.6 -- -- 46 40.7 -- -- -- -- 12 15.5 -- --1000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67 59.3 107 100.0 36 35.6 66 84.5 -- --2000 miles or more -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 183 100.0 -- -- -- -- 65 64.4 -- -- 71 100.0 Mean (miles) 491 NA 483 NA 739 NA 520 NA 2,483 NA 886 NA 1,686 NA 1,968 NA 1,243 NA 5,071 NA Median (miles) 486 NA 448 NA 688 NA 496 NA 2,425 NA 1,027 NA 1,654 NA 2,061 NA 1,252 NA 5,154 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 160 10.7 92 23.0 -- -- 55 25.3 61 33.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 9.82nd quarter 252 17.0 162 40.3 18 6.9 86 39.8 54 29.7 20 17.9 36 33.9 7 7.0 4 5.7 4 5.03rd quarter 369 24.8 102 25.3 174 67.7 67 30.9 37 19.9 57 50.0 61 56.7 70 68.9 66 84.5 31 42.74th quarter 706 47.5 46 11.5 66 25.4 9 4.0 32 17.3 36 32.0 10 9.4 24 24.1 8 9.9 30 42.5

Main purpose of tripBusiness 492 33.1 31 7.7 150 58.0 47 21.6 50 27.1 60 52.8 48 45.1 89 88.5 4 5.7 19 27.2Pleasure 908 61.1 365 90.8 108 42.0 132 61.1 121 66.0 54 47.2 59 54.9 12 11.5 74 94.3 52 72.8 Visit friends or relatives 608 40.9 316 78.4 24 9.4 32 14.7 48 26.4 54 47.2 17 16.0 5 4.5 48 61.0 41 57.5 Leisure 299 20.1 50 12.3 84 32.6 100 46.4 73 39.6 -- -- 42 38.9 7 7.0 26 33.3 11 15.3Other 86 5.8 6 1.5 -- -- 37 17.3 13 6.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 1,015 68.3 143 35.6 108 42.0 88 40.9 136 74.1 43 37.7 64 59.4 12 11.5 74 94.3 52 72.8Weekend trip 773 52.0 237 58.9 43 16.8 69 32.0 11 5.9 43 37.7 43 40.6 -- -- 8 9.9 27 37.8 1 or 2 nights away from home 411 27.6 71 17.7 31 11.9 69 32.0 7 3.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 to 5 nights away from home 362 24.4 166 41.3 13 5.0 -- -- 4 2.2 43 37.7 43 40.6 -- -- 8 9.9 27 37.8

Travel party type and size1 adult, no children under 18 1,211 81.5 356 88.4 230 89.3 147 68.3 135 73.4 113 100.0 31 28.9 101 100.0 52 66.7 46 63.91+ adult, no children under 18 261 17.6 47 11.6 28 10.7 68 31.7 49 26.6 -- -- 76 71.1 -- -- 26 33.3 16 22.51+ adult, 1+ children under 18 14 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 13.6 Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.1 NA 1.9 NA 1.5 NA 2.1 NA 2.2 NA 1.3 NA 3.0 NA 1.1 NA 2.5 NA 1.9 NA

Nights away from homeNone 448 30.1 40 9.9 125 48.5 19 8.9 6 3.5 37 32.7 7 7.0 65 64.4 4 5.7 5 6.71 to 3 nights 835 56.2 237 58.9 104 40.2 149 69.2 44 24.1 17 15.4 -- -- 31 31.1 -- -- 30 42.54 to 7 nights 167 11.2 125 31.2 29 11.3 4 1.7 49 26.8 59 51.8 58 54.5 -- -- 34 43.2 16 22.58 nights or more 37 2.5 -- -- -- -- 43 20.1 84 45.6 -- -- 41 38.5 5 4.5 40 51.1 20 28.3 Mean, excluding none (nights) 3.1 NA 3.3 NA 2.7 NA 3.4 NA 10.6 NA 5.1 NA 7.0 NA 2.4 NA 7.3 NA 9.7 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 1,029 100.0 363 100.0 133 100.0 197 100.0 177 100.0 76 100.0 100 100.0 36 100.0 74 100.0 67 100.0Friend's or relative's home 559 54.3 337 92.9 24 18.2 32 16.2 34 19.4 29 38.4 61 60.9 5 12.7 48 64.7 36 54.4Hotel, motel, or resort 327 31.8 26 7.1 92 69.6 103 52.2 108 61.1 47 61.6 9 8.6 31 87.3 -- -- 30 45.6Other 143 13.9 -- -- 16 12.3 62 31.7 35 19.5 -- -- 30 30.4 -- -- 26 35.3 -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 3.1 NA 3.0 NA 2.2 NA 3.4 NA 7.8 NA 3.8 NA 7.0 NA 2.4 NA 4.1 NA 9.7 NAFriend's or relative's home 2.9 NA 3.1 NA 3.1 NA 2.0 NA 10.6 NA 3.8 NA 5.4 NA 9.0 NA 2.5 NA 16.5 NAHotel, motel, or resort 3.2 NA 2.5 NA 1.1 NA 4.5 NA 5.7 NA 3.8 NA 13.0 NA 1.5 NA -- NA 1.7 NA

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Table 11. Person Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent State Origins, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State origins are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:New York Ohio Penn. Michigan New Jers. Mass. Florida Maryland Illinois Virginia

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 593 100.0 249 100.0 195 100.0 157 100.0 145 100.0 88 100.0 58 100.0 54 100.0 51 100.0 44 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 474 80.0 237 95.3 172 88.4 150 95.2 123 84.8 81 91.6 16 28.5 45 84.1 43 84.2 33 74.7Commercial airplane 75 12.7 3 1.2 6 3.0 8 4.8 22 15.2 7 8.4 41 71.5 4 8.1 8 15.8 11 25.3Other 44 7.4 9 3.4 17 8.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 7.8 -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 86 14.4 -- -- 64 32.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles 86 14.6 112 45.1 68 34.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --500 to 999 miles 396 66.8 132 52.9 63 32.5 138 88.0 134 92.4 86 98.2 -- -- 42 78.0 4 8.5 21 48.91000 to 1999 miles 19 3.2 5 1.9 -- -- 14 8.9 11 7.6 -- -- 5 8.9 12 22.0 47 91.5 22 51.12000 miles or more 6 1.0 -- -- -- -- 5 3.0 -- -- 2 1.8 52 91.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 573 NA 625 NA 455 NA 1,053 NA 814 NA 904 NA 2,308 NA 1,002 NA 1,062 NA 966 NA Median (miles) 574 NA 540 NA 474 NA 810 NA 797 NA 916 NA 2,355 NA 898 NA 1,060 NA 1,069 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 72 12.2 15 6.1 11 5.6 5 2.9 8 5.6 8 9.5 -- -- 6 12.0 33 65.1 -- --2nd quarter 127 21.4 66 26.7 39 20.2 26 16.3 67 46.4 19 21.1 12 20.9 13 24.5 5 9.2 13 30.93rd quarter 286 48.3 141 56.9 37 18.7 116 73.4 41 28.0 19 22.1 20 35.5 30 55.6 9 18.3 20 45.84th quarter 107 18.1 26 10.4 108 55.5 11 7.3 29 20.0 42 47.4 25 43.5 4 7.8 4 7.3 10 23.3

Main purpose of tripBusiness 128 21.7 102 41.0 25 12.6 5 3.2 25 17.3 21 23.8 28 49.2 9 16.3 33 64.0 23 52.7Pleasure 240 40.5 110 44.3 114 58.4 134 84.9 109 75.2 65 74.4 22 38.1 43 80.1 18 36.0 16 36.5 Visit friends or relatives 112 19.0 26 10.3 91 46.8 17 10.8 50 34.3 52 59.6 8 13.6 23 42.8 18 36.0 10 22.5 Leisure 128 21.6 84 33.9 23 11.6 117 74.1 59 40.8 13 14.8 14 24.5 20 37.3 -- -- 6 14.1Other 224 37.8 37 14.8 57 29.0 19 12.0 11 7.5 2 1.8 7 12.7 2 3.6 -- -- 5 10.8

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 280 47.3 146 58.9 61 31.5 145 91.9 101 69.6 67 76.2 32 56.0 38 71.1 14 26.8 7 17.0Weekend trip 169 28.6 81 32.6 120 61.3 87 55.5 112 77.4 63 71.8 21 36.5 26 48.9 43 84.2 24 54.8 1 or 2 nights away from home 115 19.4 73 29.5 74 38.1 37 23.3 84 57.9 37 41.7 10 16.8 19 35.7 -- -- 2 5.2 3 to 5 nights away from home 55 9.2 8 3.2 45 23.2 51 32.2 28 19.5 26 30.1 11 19.8 7 13.2 43 84.2 22 49.6

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 448 75.6 166 66.7 152 78.1 81 51.6 94 64.7 42 48.0 48 83.1 24 44.3 51 100.0 32 74.41+ adult, 1+ children under 18 118 20.0 83 33.3 -- -- 67 42.6 51 35.3 46 52.0 10 16.9 30 55.7 -- -- 11 25.6No adult, 1+ children under 18 26 4.4 -- -- 43 21.9 9 5.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.2 NA 2.2 NA 1.5 NA 3.2 NA 2.5 NA 2.5 NA 1.7 NA 2.9 NA 1.2 NA 1.8 NA

Nights away from homeNone 219 37.0 29 11.5 63 32.5 3 1.6 5 3.6 8 9.1 -- -- 2 4.6 4 7.3 -- --1 to 3 nights 283 47.8 181 73.0 129 66.2 107 68.1 129 89.4 63 71.6 25 42.8 29 54.3 14 27.5 18 40.24 to 7 nights 41 7.0 7 2.7 3 1.3 43 27.3 10 7.1 17 19.3 17 30.3 22 41.1 29 56.6 20 45.58 nights or more 49 8.2 32 12.8 -- -- 5 3.0 -- -- -- -- 15 26.9 -- -- 4 8.5 6 14.3 Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.8 NA 18.4 NA 2.1 NA 3.5 NA 2.3 NA 2.7 NA 6.8 NA 3.7 NA 5.4 NA 4.1 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 373 100.0 213 100.0 132 100.0 155 100.0 140 100.0 80 100.0 58 100.0 47 100.0 48 100.0 44 100.0Friend's or relative's home 140 37.4 22 10.3 76 57.5 63 40.9 35 25.4 48 60.7 18 31.0 25 52.9 18 38.9 13 30.7Hotel, motel, or resort 173 46.4 182 85.2 43 33.0 91 59.1 104 74.6 31 39.3 20 35.2 22 47.1 29 61.1 30 69.3Other 61 16.2 9 4.4 13 9.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- 19 33.8 -- -- -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.8 NA 18.7 NA 2.1 NA 2.7 NA 2.3 NA 2.7 NA 6.4 NA 3.6 NA 5.4 NA 4.1 NAFriend's or relative's home 4.0 NA 5.0 NA 2.6 NA 3.6 NA 2.8 NA 2.7 NA 6.9 NA 4.7 NA 7.7 NA 5.6 NAHotel, motel, or resort 2.9 NA 21.3 NA 1.7 NA 2.0 NA 2.2 NA 2.9 NA 2.4 NA 2.4 NA 4.0 NA 3.4 NA

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Table 12. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Destinations, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area destinations are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Syracuse Newburgh Pittsburgh New York Chicago Atlantic City Kansas City Newark Rochester Cleveland

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 460 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 136 100.0 113 100.0 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 460 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 9 7.0 37 33.1 90 93.3 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0Commercial airplane -- -- -- -- -- -- 112 82.5 76 66.9 6 6.7 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 14 10.6 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles 351 76.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 71 88.6 -- --300 to 499 miles 108 23.6 -- -- 261 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 9 11.4 72 100.0500 to 999 miles -- -- 293 100.0 -- -- 136 100.0 46 40.7 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --1000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67 59.3 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --2000 miles or more -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 290 NA 695 NA 444 NA 683 NA 886 NA 914 NA NM NM NM NM 239 NA 407 NA Median (miles) 290 NA 710 NA 448 NA 675 NA 1,027 NA 916 NA NM NM NM NM 202 NA 428 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 81 17.5 4 1.3 87 33.5 7 5.4 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 7 9.2 37 50.72nd quarter 81 17.6 41 14.1 126 48.3 8 5.8 20 17.9 6 6.7 NM NM NM NM 7 9.2 12 17.23rd quarter 49 10.7 72 24.4 48 18.2 38 27.7 57 50.0 78 80.2 NM NM NM NM 25 31.3 23 32.14th quarter 249 54.2 176 60.1 -- -- 83 61.1 36 32.0 13 13.2 NM NM NM NM 40 50.4 -- --

Main purpose of tripBusiness 145 31.6 69 23.7 -- -- 90 66.3 60 52.8 -- -- NM NM NM NM 7 8.6 12 16.3Pleasure 314 68.4 223 76.3 261 100.0 42 30.8 54 47.2 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 50 61.8 23 32.1 Visit friends or relatives 283 61.6 192 65.5 245 93.7 9 7.0 54 47.2 13 13.2 NM NM NM NM 40 50.4 23 32.1 Leisure 31 6.7 32 10.8 16 6.3 32 23.9 -- -- 84 86.8 NM NM NM NM 9 11.4 -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 2.9 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 24 29.5 37 51.6

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 363 78.9 192 65.5 57 21.7 42 30.8 43 37.7 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 59 73.0 23 32.1Weekend trip 353 76.8 59 20.1 156 59.6 60 44.2 43 37.7 32 33.1 NM NM NM NM 33 41.0 60 83.7 1 or 2 nights away from home 252 54.7 12 4.0 9 3.4 28 21.0 -- -- 19 19.9 NM NM NM NM 33 41.0 60 83.7 3 to 5 nights away from home 101 22.1 47 16.1 147 56.2 31 23.2 43 37.7 13 13.2 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 272 59.2 293 100.0 261 100.0 118 86.7 113 100.0 80 83.2 NM NM NM NM 66 81.7 72 100.01+ adult, 1+ children under 18 188 40.8 -- -- -- -- 18 13.3 -- -- 16 16.8 NM NM NM NM 15 18.3 -- --No adult, 1+ children under 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 2.9 NA 1.7 NA 1.7 NA 1.5 NA 1.3 NA 2.1 NA NM NM NM NM 1.9 NA 1.5 NA

Nights away from homeNone 93 20.2 145 49.3 7 2.9 58 42.9 37 32.7 -- -- NM NM NM NM 47 59.0 -- --1 to 3 nights 311 67.5 144 49.3 156 59.6 61 45.0 17 15.4 68 70.0 NM NM NM NM 33 41.0 72 100.04 to 7 nights 56 12.2 -- -- 98 37.5 13 9.9 59 51.8 29 30.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --8 nights or more -- -- 4 1.3 -- -- 3 2.2 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Mean, excluding none (nights) 2.5 NA 2.7 NA 3.4 NA 2.4 NA 5.1 NA 3.2 NA NM NM NM NM 1.6 NA 1.8 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 367 100.0 148 100.0 254 100.0 77 100.0 76 100.0 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 24 100.0 72 100.0Friend's or relative's home 355 96.9 -- -- 245 96.5 12 16.0 29 38.4 13 13.2 NM NM NM NM 15 62.0 23 32.1Hotel, motel, or resort 12 3.1 148 100.0 9 3.5 65 84.0 47 61.6 68 70.0 NM NM NM NM 9 38.0 12 16.3Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 16.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- 37 51.6

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 2.5 NA 2.7 NA 3.4 NA 2.2 NA 3.8 NA 2.7 NA NM NM NM NM 1.4 NA 1.8 NAFriend's or relative's home 2.5 NA -- NA 3.4 NA 4.2 NA 3.8 NA 5.0 NA NM NM NM NM 1.0 NA 2.0 NAHotel, motel, or resort 1.4 NA 2.7 NA 2.0 NA 1.9 NA 3.8 NA 1.2 NA NM NM NM NM 2.0 NA 1.0 NA

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Table 13. Person Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Origins, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area origins are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Albany NY Detroit Cleveland Syracuse New York Erie Wash. Newark Pittsburgh Lowell

Trip characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 252 100.0 116 100.0 92 100.0 91 100.0 68 100.0 68 100.0 61 100.0 59 100.0 59 100.0 49 100.0

Principal means of transportationPersonal use vehicle 192 76.3 113 97.8 84 91.4 72 79.0 50 73.7 68 100.0 43 70.2 49 82.1 53 89.9 48 96.2Commercial airplane 60 23.7 3 2.2 3 3.4 -- -- 3 4.2 -- -- 14 22.9 11 17.9 6 10.1 2 3.8Other -- -- -- -- 5 5.2 19 21.0 15 22.1 -- -- 4 6.9 -- -- -- -- -- --

Round-trip distanceLess than 300 miles -- -- -- -- -- -- 67 73.8 -- -- 64 93.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --300 to 499 miles -- -- -- -- 87 94.8 24 26.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 100.0 -- --500 to 999 miles 252 100.0 111 95.9 -- -- -- -- 43 63.4 4 6.1 49 79.7 59 100.0 -- -- 49 100.01000 to 1999 miles -- -- -- -- 5 5.2 -- -- 19 27.8 -- -- 12 20.3 -- -- -- -- -- --2000 miles or more -- -- 5 4.1 -- -- -- -- 6 8.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean (miles) 584 NA 1,107 NA 470 NA 298 NA 996 NA 278 NA 984 NA 767 NA 462 NA 909 NA Median (miles) 574 NA 810 NA 442 NA 298 NA 794 NA 251 NA 916 NA 812 NA 474 NA 916 NA

Calendar quarter1st quarter 28 11.0 -- -- 15 16.4 14 15.4 3 4.2 8 12.4 3 4.3 -- -- -- -- -- --2nd quarter 28 11.0 16 13.5 37 40.3 24 26.2 -- -- 11 16.6 25 41.5 47 79.8 6 10.1 6 12.33rd quarter 155 61.4 97 84.2 25 27.0 39 43.3 47 69.2 11 15.6 28 46.1 12 20.2 10 17.0 6 12.54th quarter 42 16.6 3 2.2 15 16.3 14 15.1 18 26.7 38 55.4 5 8.1 -- -- 43 72.9 37 75.2

Main purpose of tripBusiness 42 16.6 3 2.2 40 43.5 9 9.8 6 8.9 11 16.6 20 32.4 13 21.8 -- -- 8 16.1Pleasure 80 31.7 107 92.6 46 49.4 72 79.1 33 48.9 -- -- 38 62.4 46 78.2 59 100.0 41 83.9 Visit friends or relatives 42 16.5 5 4.1 16 17.7 19 20.7 14 21.1 -- -- 18 29.2 7 12.3 48 82.8 35 71.4 Leisure 38 15.2 102 88.5 29 31.6 53 58.4 19 27.8 -- -- 20 33.3 39 65.9 10 17.2 6 12.5Other 130 51.7 6 5.2 7 7.2 10 11.0 29 42.3 57 83.4 3 5.1 -- -- -- -- -- --

Vacation and weekend tripsVacation trip 100 39.8 113 97.8 46 50.2 72 79.1 42 61.0 -- -- 33 54.4 46 78.2 10 17.0 41 83.9Weekend trip 9 3.7 51 44.0 37 39.9 56 61.5 45 65.7 4 6.1 24 40.0 49 82.1 54 92.8 35 71.4 1 or 2 nights away from home 9 3.7 27 23.0 34 36.5 49 53.8 7 9.8 4 6.1 17 27.2 49 82.1 12 19.9 30 61.1 3 to 5 nights away from home -- -- 24 21.0 3 3.4 7 7.7 38 56.0 -- -- 8 12.7 -- -- 43 72.9 5 10.3

Travel party type and size1+ adult, no children under 18 172 68.2 49 42.0 81 87.5 65 71.3 40 58.9 68 100.0 25 40.8 22 36.4 16 27.1 13 26.51+ adult, 1+ children under 18 80 31.8 67 58.0 12 12.5 -- -- 28 41.1 -- -- 36 59.2 38 63.6 -- -- 36 73.5No adult, 1+ children under 18 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 28.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 43 72.9 -- -- Mean trvl. prty. size (hshd. mbrs.) 3.0 NA 3.7 NA 1.6 NA 1.2 NA 2.3 NA 1.7 NA 2.6 NA 3.5 NA 1.9 NA 3.2 NA

Nights away from homeNone 178 70.6 3 2.2 18 19.2 7 7.7 -- -- 55 81.4 2 4.0 -- -- 4 7.2 8 16.11 to 3 nights 45 17.9 84 72.7 75 80.8 72 79.0 32 46.4 13 18.6 38 62.0 59 100.0 54 92.8 41 83.94 to 7 nights 11 4.3 24 21.0 -- -- -- -- 30 44.7 -- -- 15 23.8 -- -- -- -- -- --8 nights or more 18 7.2 5 4.1 -- -- 12 13.2 6 8.9 -- -- 6 10.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean, excluding none (nights) 4.3 NA 3.5 NA 1.4 NA 8.5 NA 3.9 NA 1.0 NA 3.5 NA 2.2 NA 2.7 NA 2.1 NA

Type of lodging at destination One or more nights at dest. 74 100.0 113 100.0 75 100.0 84 100.0 68 100.0 13 100.0 54 100.0 59 100.0 54 100.0 41 100.0Friend's or relative's home -- -- 29 25.7 16 21.9 40 47.2 31 45.9 -- -- 19 34.4 7 12.3 43 78.5 35 85.1Hotel, motel, or resort 74 100.0 84 74.3 58 78.1 9 10.6 19 27.8 -- -- 36 65.6 52 87.7 12 21.5 6 14.9Other -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 42.2 18 26.3 13 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Nights at destination Mean nights at destination 4.3 NA 2.5 NA 1.4 NA 8.5 NA 3.9 NA 1.0 NA 3.5 NA 2.2 NA 2.7 NA 2.1 NAFriend's or relative's home -- NA 3.8 NA 2.2 NA 2.0 NA 2.9 NA -- NA 5.9 NA 2.0 NA 3.0 NA 2.1 NAHotel, motel, or resort 4.3 NA 2.0 NA 1.2 NA 2.0 NA 4.0 NA -- NA 2.2 NA 2.2 NA 1.5 NA 2.0 NA

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Table 14. Person Trips to and from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Excludes travel outside the U.S. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation.For definitions of terms and metropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NMdata are not meaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.]

Origin in area Destination in areaTraveler characteristics Number Percent Number Percent

All person trips 3,641 100.0 1,935 100.0

Age and sex Total 3,641 100.0 1,935 100.0Under 18 years 436 12.0 325 16.818 to 24 years 231 6.3 294 15.225 to 29 years 197 5.4 182 9.430 to 39 years 535 14.7 298 15.440 to 49 years 608 16.7 364 18.850 to 59 years 1,264 34.7 286 14.860 to 64 years 135 3.7 70 3.665 years and over 233 6.4 116 6.0 Median (years) 47 NA 36 NA

Female 1,620 44.5 914 47.3Under 18 years 203 5.6 199 10.318 to 24 years 117 3.2 149 7.725 to 29 years 155 4.3 73 3.830 to 39 years 233 6.4 186 9.640 to 49 years 337 9.3 139 7.250 to 59 years 392 10.8 100 5.260 to 64 years 67 1.8 10 0.565 years and over 116 3.2 59 3.1 Median (years) 41 NA 31 NA

RaceWhite 3,498 96.1 1,725 89.2Black 57 1.6 71 3.7American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- 10 0.5Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- 121 6.3Other 86 2.4 6 0.3

Hispanic originHispanic origin 91 2.5 51 2.6Not of Hispanic origin 3,550 97.5 1,884 97.4

Household incomeLess than $25,000 240 6.6 297 15.3$25,000 to $39,999 413 11.3 317 16.4$40,000 to $49,999 334 9.2 162 8.4$50,000 to $59,999 866 23.8 457 23.6$60,000 to $74,999 1,229 33.8 403 20.8$75,000 to $99,999 371 10.2 203 10.5$100,000 or more 188 5.2 96 5.0

Household typeFamily household 3,363 92.4 1,639 84.7 Married-couple family hshld. 2,793 76.7 1,459 75.4 With children under 18 years 1,172 32.2 815 42.1 Female householder 179 4.9 151 7.8 With children under 18 years -- -- 124 6.4 Male householder 390 10.7 28 1.4 With children under 18 years 6 0.2 3 0.1Nonfamily household 278 7.6 296 15.3

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 3,254 100.0 1,652 100.0Less than high school graduate 166 5.1 83 5.0High school graduate 677 20.8 440 26.6Some college, no degree 525 16.1 302 18.3Associate's degree 382 11.7 102 6.2Bachelor's degree 462 14.2 439 26.5Some grad school or grad deg. 1,042 32.0 287 17.4

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 3,254 100.0 1,652 100.0Working full time 1,974 60.7 969 58.6Retired 239 7.4 142 8.6Other 1,040 32.0 542 32.8

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Table 15. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to Census Division of Destination, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTraveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 3,641 100.0 176 100.0 2,146 100.0 400 100.0 137 100.0 576 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 83 100.0

Age and sex Total 3,641 100.0 176 100.0 2,146 100.0 400 100.0 137 100.0 576 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 83 100.0Under 18 years 436 12.0 63 36.1 194 9.0 42 10.4 -- -- 115 20.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- 22 26.818 to 24 years 231 6.3 5 3.0 140 6.5 23 5.8 5 3.3 33 5.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --25 to 29 years 197 5.4 9 5.0 144 6.7 20 4.9 -- -- 26 4.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --30 to 39 years 535 14.7 31 17.7 280 13.1 36 8.9 19 13.8 109 18.9 NM NM NM NM 52 60.9 8 10.140 to 49 years 608 16.7 13 7.5 300 14.0 161 40.2 13 9.2 97 16.8 NM NM NM NM 7 8.1 18 22.150 to 59 years 1,264 34.7 38 21.9 917 42.7 90 22.5 89 65.2 105 18.3 NM NM NM NM -- -- 24 29.660 to 64 years 135 3.7 15 8.8 41 1.9 23 5.7 9 6.2 41 7.0 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --65 years and over 233 6.4 -- -- 131 6.1 6 1.5 3 2.3 50 8.7 NM NM NM NM 26 31.0 9 11.4 Median (years) 47 NA 31 NA 50 NA 47 NA 52 NA 40 NA NM NM NM NM 36 NA 47 NA

Female 1,620 44.5 79 45.0 1,042 48.6 155 38.7 21 15.4 259 45.0 NM NM NM NM NM NM 29 34.8Under 18 years 203 5.6 29 16.4 75 3.5 21 5.3 -- -- 74 12.9 NM NM NM NM NM NM 4 5.118 to 24 years 117 3.2 5 3.0 106 5.0 -- -- -- -- 5 0.9 NM NM NM NM NM NM -- --25 to 29 years 155 4.3 -- -- 144 6.7 4 1.1 -- -- 7 1.2 NM NM NM NM NM NM -- --30 to 39 years 233 6.4 24 13.7 140 6.5 16 4.1 -- -- 37 6.5 NM NM NM NM NM NM 8 10.140 to 49 years 337 9.3 8 4.7 172 8.0 83 20.9 13 9.2 49 8.6 NM NM NM NM NM NM 8 9.350 to 59 years 392 10.8 6 3.3 314 14.6 18 4.4 -- -- 50 8.7 NM NM NM NM NM NM 5 6.160 to 64 years 67 1.8 7 3.9 27 1.2 12 3.0 9 6.2 6 1.1 NM NM NM NM NM NM -- --65 years and over 116 3.2 -- -- 65 3.0 -- -- -- -- 30 5.2 NM NM NM NM NM NM 4 4.3 Median (years) 41 NA 31 NA 46 NA 41 NA 41 NA 40 NA NM NM NM NM NM NM 47 NA

RaceWhite 3,498 96.1 176 100.0 2,095 97.6 400 100.0 130 94.8 549 95.3 NM NM NM NM 48 56.2 73 88.3Black 57 1.6 -- -- 24 1.1 -- -- 7 5.2 5 0.9 NM NM NM NM -- -- 10 11.7American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Other 86 2.4 -- -- 27 1.2 -- -- -- -- 22 3.8 NM NM NM NM 37 43.8 -- --

Hispanic originHispanic origin 91 2.5 -- -- 27 1.2 -- -- 5 3.3 22 3.8 NM NM NM NM 37 43.8 -- --Not of Hispanic origin 3,550 97.5 176 100.0 2,120 98.8 400 100.0 132 96.7 554 96.2 NM NM NM NM 48 56.2 83 100.0

Household incomeLess than $25,000 240 6.6 -- -- 147 6.8 28 7.1 5 3.3 38 6.5 NM NM NM NM 16 18.2 4 4.3$25,000 to $39,999 413 11.3 17 9.7 224 10.5 38 9.4 7 5.2 71 12.3 NM NM NM NM 45 52.7 -- --$40,000 to $49,999 334 9.2 72 40.9 154 7.2 31 7.9 -- -- 71 12.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- 5 5.7$50,000 to $59,999 866 23.8 8 4.7 465 21.7 135 33.7 23 17.1 189 32.8 NM NM NM NM 18 21.0 28 33.4$60,000 to $74,999 1,229 33.8 63 35.9 774 36.0 139 34.7 102 74.4 108 18.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- 19 23.5$75,000 to $99,999 371 10.2 -- -- 264 12.3 4 0.9 -- -- 80 13.8 NM NM NM NM 7 8.1 16 19.5$100,000 or more 188 5.2 15 8.8 117 5.5 25 6.2 -- -- 20 3.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- 11 13.6

Household typeFamily household 3,363 92.4 176 100.0 1,931 90.0 371 92.9 132 96.7 554 96.1 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 79 95.7 Married-couple family hshld. 2,793 76.7 176 100.0 1,526 71.1 334 83.6 44 32.1 539 93.6 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 79 95.7 With children under 18 years 1,172 32.2 141 80.5 514 24.0 128 32.1 13 9.2 289 50.2 NM NM NM NM 44 51.7 42 50.5 Female householder 179 4.9 -- -- 104 4.8 37 9.3 23 17.1 15 2.6 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Male householder 390 10.7 -- -- 301 14.0 -- -- 65 47.4 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years 6 0.2 -- -- 6 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Nonfamily household 278 7.6 -- -- 215 10.0 28 7.1 5 3.3 22 3.9 NM NM NM NM -- -- 4 4.3

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 3,254 100.0 126 100.0 1,961 100.0 358 100.0 137 100.0 487 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 60 100.0Less than high school graduate 166 5.1 23 18.5 52 2.6 37 10.4 -- -- 46 9.3 NM NM NM NM 4 4.9 4 5.9High school graduate 677 20.8 35 27.8 333 17.0 104 29.0 33 24.3 122 25.1 NM NM NM NM 19 22.3 19 31.9Some college, no degree 525 16.1 -- -- 323 16.5 47 13.2 -- -- 107 21.9 NM NM NM NM 48 56.5 -- --Associate's degree 382 11.7 22 17.7 259 13.2 18 5.1 -- -- 75 15.3 NM NM NM NM -- -- 3 5.5Bachelor's degree 462 14.2 46 36.0 202 10.3 99 27.5 5 3.3 73 15.1 NM NM NM NM 7 8.1 7 11.5Some grad school or grad deg. 1,042 32.0 -- -- 791 40.3 53 14.8 99 72.4 64 13.2 NM NM NM NM 7 8.2 27 45.2

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 3,254 100.0 126 100.0 1,961 100.0 358 100.0 137 100.0 487 100.0 NM NM NM NM 85 100.0 60 100.0Working full time 1,974 60.7 84 66.5 1,195 61.0 214 59.7 117 85.7 258 53.0 NM NM NM NM 54 63.8 51 84.4Retired 239 7.4 -- -- 132 6.7 11 3.2 3 2.3 50 10.3 NM NM NM NM 26 31.0 9 15.6Other 1,040 32.0 42 33.5 634 32.3 133 37.1 17 12.1 179 36.7 NM NM NM NM 4 5.2 -- --

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Table 16. Person Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from Census Division of Origin, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are notmeaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtractingpublished data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbersare in thousands.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Northeast Midwest South West

Total New Eng. Mid-Atl. E. N. Cent. W.N. Cent. S. Atlantic E.S. Cent. W. S. Cent. Mountain PacificTraveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 1,935 100.0 165 100.0 933 100.0 481 100.0 40 100.0 208 100.0 32 100.0 14 100.0 24 100.0 NM NM

Age and sex Total 1,935 100.0 165 100.0 933 100.0 481 100.0 40 100.0 208 100.0 32 100.0 14 100.0 24 100.0 NM NMUnder 18 years 325 16.8 35 21.2 166 17.8 69 14.3 10 24.5 36 17.3 4 11.9 3 24.3 2 10.5 NM NM18 to 24 years 294 15.2 19 11.3 223 23.9 42 8.8 1 2.4 6 2.7 2 7.0 1 5.6 1 4.1 NM NM25 to 29 years 182 9.4 14 8.6 40 4.3 78 16.2 3 7.8 21 10.1 15 46.8 -- -- 10 41.6 NM NM30 to 39 years 298 15.4 38 22.9 109 11.7 95 19.8 11 28.8 40 19.3 -- -- 1 7.6 1 2.3 NM NM40 to 49 years 364 18.8 22 13.2 141 15.1 135 28.0 2 4.2 47 22.6 5 16.6 5 38.3 3 14.6 NM NM50 to 59 years 286 14.8 29 17.7 165 17.7 38 7.9 11 27.6 26 12.4 -- -- 3 24.1 4 17.0 NM NM60 to 64 years 70 3.6 1 0.6 43 4.6 7 1.5 2 4.7 2 0.8 3 9.3 -- -- 2 8.1 NM NM65 years and over 116 6.0 8 4.6 46 4.9 17 3.6 -- -- 31 14.8 3 8.4 -- -- -- 1.9 NM NM Median (years) 36 NA 34 NA 37 NA 33 NA 36 NA 40 NA 28 NA 42 NA 27 NA NM NM

Female 914 47.3 77 46.8 463 49.6 208 43.1 18 46.4 90 43.5 13 40.3 8 57.5 16 66.2 NM NMUnder 18 years 199 10.3 6 3.5 131 14.0 33 6.8 3 7.3 19 9.2 3 7.9 3 20.0 2 10.5 NM NM18 to 24 years 149 7.7 11 6.5 113 12.1 21 4.4 -- 1.2 3 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM25 to 29 years 73 3.8 1 0.6 19 2.0 30 6.3 1 3.3 9 4.3 5 16.3 -- -- 7 30.9 NM NM30 to 39 years 186 9.6 27 16.2 68 7.2 67 13.8 9 23.0 15 7.3 -- -- -- -- -- 1.9 NM NM40 to 49 years 139 7.2 7 4.4 84 9.0 29 6.0 -- -- 10 4.9 2 7.7 4 27.2 2 7.2 NM NM50 to 59 years 100 5.2 22 13.2 35 3.7 13 2.7 3 6.8 14 7.0 -- -- 1 10.3 2 10.2 NM NM60 to 64 years 10 0.5 -- 0.1 7 0.8 -- -- 2 4.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 3.6 NM NM65 years and over 59 3.1 4 2.3 7 0.7 15 3.1 -- -- 19 9.3 3 8.4 -- -- -- 1.9 NM NM Median (years) 31 NA 36 NA 24 NA 30 NA 36 NA 39 NA 28 NA 42 NA 25 NA NM NM

RaceWhite 1,725 89.2 152 92.1 876 93.9 397 82.5 40 100.0 162 78.0 25 78.9 12 83.9 23 98.1 NM NMBlack 71 3.7 -- -- 7 0.8 32 6.7 -- -- 24 11.8 7 21.1 1 4.3 -- -- NM NMAmerican Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut 10 0.5 -- -- -- -- 9 1.8 -- -- 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NMAsian or Pacific Islander 121 6.3 13 7.9 44 4.8 44 9.0 -- -- 19 9.0 -- -- 2 11.7 -- -- NM NMOther 6 0.3 -- -- 5 0.5 -- -- -- -- 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- 1.9 NM NM

Hispanic originHispanic origin 51 2.6 1 0.7 43 4.7 -- -- 2 4.5 2 1.1 -- -- -- -- 2 9.8 NM NMNot of Hispanic origin 1,884 97.4 164 99.3 889 95.3 481 100.0 38 95.5 206 98.9 32 100.0 14 100.0 21 90.2 NM NM

Household incomeLess than $25,000 297 15.3 7 4.3 160 17.1 93 19.3 3 7.1 23 11.0 5 16.3 1 4.3 1 4.6 NM NM$25,000 to $39,999 317 16.4 40 24.5 95 10.2 121 25.2 7 16.5 27 12.9 1 2.8 5 37.9 9 40.1 NM NM$40,000 to $49,999 162 8.4 24 14.8 83 8.9 25 5.2 6 14.3 17 8.4 -- -- 2 11.3 4 15.2 NM NM$50,000 to $59,999 457 23.6 11 6.9 289 31.0 31 6.4 18 44.8 76 36.6 21 66.3 5 33.7 4 16.3 NM NM$60,000 to $74,999 403 20.8 51 31.1 129 13.8 157 32.6 7 17.3 32 15.2 4 13.3 2 12.8 2 9.8 NM NM$75,000 to $99,999 203 10.5 8 5.0 129 13.8 39 8.2 -- -- 22 10.7 -- 1.3 -- -- 3 12.0 NM NM$100,000 or more 96 5.0 22 13.4 48 5.1 15 3.0 -- -- 11 5.4 -- -- -- -- -- 2.0 NM NM

Household typeFamily household 1,639 84.7 145 87.9 766 82.2 441 91.7 38 95.3 171 82.4 30 94.4 14 100.0 11 48.0 NM NM Married-couple family hshld. 1,459 75.4 103 62.3 661 70.9 425 88.2 38 94.7 162 77.9 26 79.5 14 95.7 11 48.0 NM NM With children under 18 years 815 42.1 52 31.2 364 39.1 264 54.8 20 49.7 95 45.8 4 12.3 10 71.5 6 24.0 NM NM Female householder 151 7.8 40 24.2 90 9.7 17 3.5 -- -- 1 0.6 3 7.9 1 4.3 -- -- NM NM With children under 18 years 124 6.4 31 18.5 73 7.8 17 3.5 -- -- -- -- 3 7.9 1 4.3 -- -- NM NM Male householder 28 1.4 2 1.3 15 1.6 -- -- -- 0.6 8 3.9 2 7.0 -- -- -- -- NM NM With children under 18 years 3 0.1 -- -- 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NMNonfamily household 296 15.3 20 12.1 166 17.8 40 8.3 2 4.7 37 17.6 2 5.6 -- -- 12 52.0 NM NM

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 1,652 100.0 137 100.0 793 100.0 417 100.0 30 100.0 177 100.0 28 100.0 11 100.0 21 100.0 NM NMLess than high school graduate 83 5.0 12 8.4 31 3.9 24 5.7 2 8.3 10 5.7 3 9.5 1 7.4 -- 2.2 NM NMHigh school graduate 440 26.6 14 10.0 230 29.0 119 28.6 11 35.4 32 18.3 2 8.7 4 37.9 5 25.7 NM NMSome college, no degree 302 18.3 34 25.0 144 18.1 81 19.5 -- 0.8 33 18.6 4 13.2 2 15.8 4 20.8 NM NMAssociate's degree 102 6.2 3 2.3 63 7.9 18 4.3 3 9.3 13 7.2 -- -- 2 20.1 -- 1.6 NM NMBachelor's degree 439 26.5 51 37.1 201 25.3 93 22.2 12 38.5 54 30.4 14 50.1 1 9.5 2 10.7 NM NMSome grad school or grad deg. 287 17.4 24 17.3 125 15.7 82 19.7 2 7.7 35 19.9 5 18.5 1 9.2 8 39.0 NM NM

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 1,652 100.0 137 100.0 793 100.0 417 100.0 30 100.0 177 100.0 28 100.0 11 100.0 21 100.0 NM NMWorking full time 969 58.6 101 73.6 429 54.1 240 57.5 23 76.9 113 63.5 23 80.5 9 85.1 15 70.6 NM NMRetired 142 8.6 5 3.9 51 6.4 25 5.9 -- -- 45 25.1 3 9.5 -- -- 2 9.5 NM NMOther 542 32.8 31 22.5 313 39.5 153 36.6 7 23.1 20 11.3 3 10.0 2 14.9 4 19.9 NM NM

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Table 17. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent State Destinations, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State destinations are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:New York Penn. New Jers. Ohio Florida Illinois South Car. Missouri Virginia California

Traveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 1,486 100.0 402 100.0 258 100.0 216 100.0 183 100.0 113 100.0 107 100.0 101 100.0 79 100.0 71 100.0

Age and sex Total 1,486 100.0 402 100.0 258 100.0 216 100.0 183 100.0 113 100.0 107 100.0 101 100.0 79 100.0 71 100.0Under 18 years 165 11.1 17 4.1 12 4.6 42 19.3 24 13.3 -- -- 45 42.1 -- -- 12 15.9 18 25.418 to 24 years 124 8.3 11 2.8 5 1.9 23 10.8 14 7.4 -- -- -- -- 5 4.5 -- -- -- --25 to 29 years 119 8.0 -- -- 25 9.7 8 3.6 17 9.2 12 10.4 -- -- -- -- 9 11.1 -- --30 to 39 years 179 12.1 42 10.5 59 22.7 36 16.5 55 30.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 6.4 5 6.740 to 49 years 233 15.7 59 14.7 8 3.0 67 30.8 16 8.6 54 48.0 29 27.4 -- -- 4 5.7 15 20.550 to 59 years 504 33.9 263 65.5 150 58.0 41 18.9 21 11.2 25 21.7 -- -- 89 88.5 40 51.1 24 34.260 to 64 years 38 2.6 3 0.8 -- -- -- -- 13 7.0 23 20.0 15 14.1 4 3.9 -- -- -- --65 years and over 124 8.4 7 1.6 -- -- -- -- 25 13.4 -- -- 18 16.4 3 3.1 8 9.9 9 13.2 Median (years) 46 NA 50 NA 52 NA 38 NA 34 NA 41 NA 41 NA 52 NA 51 NA 48 NA

Female 757 51.0 224 55.6 NM NM 85 39.4 60 32.6 66 58.1 63 58.7 4 3.9 49 62.1 25 35.3Under 18 years 63 4.3 7 1.8 NM NM 21 9.8 8 4.4 -- -- 31 28.6 -- -- 6 7.8 4 5.918 to 24 years 95 6.4 11 2.8 NM NM -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --25 to 29 years 119 8.0 -- -- NM NM -- -- 7 3.7 4 3.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --30 to 39 years 93 6.2 20 4.9 NM NM 16 7.5 11 6.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 6.4 5 6.740 to 49 years 154 10.4 14 3.4 NM NM 30 13.9 -- -- 49 43.6 24 22.5 -- -- 4 5.7 8 10.750 to 59 years 148 10.0 165 41.1 NM NM 18 8.2 13 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 25 32.4 5 7.060 to 64 years 27 1.8 -- -- NM NM -- -- 6 3.4 12 10.6 -- -- 4 3.9 -- -- -- --65 years and over 58 3.9 7 1.6 NM NM -- -- 14 7.7 -- -- 8 7.5 -- -- 8 9.9 4 5.0 Median (years) 40 NA 50 NA NM NM 41 NA 51 NA 41 NA 40 NA 61 NA 51 NA 47 NA

RaceWhite 1,474 99.2 390 96.9 231 89.7 216 100.0 183 100.0 113 100.0 107 100.0 94 93.0 79 100.0 62 86.4Black 12 0.8 12 3.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 7.0 -- -- 10 13.6American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Other -- -- -- -- 27 10.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Hispanic originHispanic origin -- -- -- -- 27 10.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 4.5 -- -- -- --Not of Hispanic origin 1,486 100.0 402 100.0 231 89.7 216 100.0 183 100.0 113 100.0 107 100.0 96 95.5 79 100.0 71 100.0

Household incomeLess than $25,000 136 9.1 11 2.7 -- -- 23 10.8 20 11.1 5 4.6 -- -- 5 4.5 8 9.9 4 5.0$25,000 to $39,999 157 10.6 19 4.6 48 18.8 32 14.6 39 21.0 -- -- 10 9.4 7 7.0 -- -- -- --$40,000 to $49,999 78 5.2 45 11.1 32 12.4 31 14.6 16 8.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 33.3 5 6.7$50,000 to $59,999 418 28.1 36 9.0 11 4.4 82 38.1 63 34.3 20 17.7 40 37.5 -- -- -- -- 28 38.6$60,000 to $74,999 379 25.5 245 60.8 150 58.0 43 20.1 -- -- 71 62.3 43 40.6 89 88.5 40 51.1 19 27.2$75,000 to $99,999 229 15.4 19 4.7 16 6.3 4 1.7 39 21.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 5.7 16 22.5$100,000 or more 89 6.0 28 7.0 -- -- -- -- 6 3.5 17 15.4 13 12.5 -- -- -- -- -- --

Household typeFamily household 1,318 88.7 368 91.4 245 95.0 193 89.2 179 97.8 108 95.4 107 100.0 96 95.5 71 90.1 68 95.0 Married-couple family hshld. 1,045 70.3 361 89.8 120 46.5 155 72.0 165 89.7 108 95.4 107 100.0 31 31.1 71 90.1 68 95.0 With children under 18 years 368 24.8 64 15.8 83 32.0 75 34.7 71 39.0 46 40.7 76 71.1 -- -- 31 39.0 31 42.7 Female householder 104 7.0 -- -- -- -- 37 17.3 15 8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Male householder 170 11.4 6 1.5 125 48.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 65 64.4 -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- 6 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Nonfamily household 168 11.3 35 8.6 13 5.0 23 10.8 4 2.2 5 4.6 -- -- 5 4.5 8 9.9 4 5.0

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 1,321 100.0 395 100.0 246 100.0 174 100.0 159 100.0 113 100.0 70 100.0 101 100.0 66 100.0 53 100.0Less than high school graduate 22 1.7 30 7.6 -- -- 37 21 10 6.4 -- -- 8 11.1 -- -- -- -- 4 6.6High school graduate 262 19.9 50 12.7 21 8.6 42 24.3 74 46.7 58 51.3 28 40.1 7 7.0 -- -- 16 29.4Some college, no degree 243 18.4 28 7.1 53 21.5 47 27.0 35 21.8 -- -- 4 5.4 -- -- 8 11.7 -- --Associate's degree 90 6.8 163 41.2 6 2.6 15 8.6 12 7.7 3 2.9 7 9.5 -- -- 30 46 3 6.3Bachelor's degree 180 13.6 11 2.7 11 4.6 33 18.7 24 15.0 27 24.2 15 21.6 5 4.5 9 13.2 7 13.1Some grad school or grad deg. 524 39.7 113 28.7 154 62.7 -- -- 4 2.4 25 21.7 9 12.3 89 88.5 19 29.0 24 44.6

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 1,321 100.0 395 100.0 246 100.0 174 100.0 159 100.0 113 100.0 70 100.0 101 100.0 66 100.0 53 100.0Working full time 734 55.6 245 62.2 216 87.9 87 50.2 95 59.8 62 54.7 13 19.2 94 93.0 44 66.0 44 82.3Retired 125 9.5 7 1.7 -- -- -- -- 25 15.6 5 4.6 18 25.2 3 3.1 8 11.7 9 17.7Other 462 35.0 143 36.1 30 12.1 87 49.8 39 24.6 46 40.7 39 55.7 4 3.9 15 22.3 -- --

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Table 18. Person Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent State Origins, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent State origins are those States with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:New York Ohio Penn. Michigan New Jers. Mass. Florida Maryland Illinois Virginia

Traveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 593 100.0 249 100.0 195 100.0 157 100.0 145 100.0 88 100.0 58 100.0 54 100.0 51 100.0 44 100.0

Age and sex Total 593 100.0 249 100.0 195 100.0 157 100.0 145 100.0 88 100.0 58 100.0 54 100.0 51 100.0 44 100.0Under 18 years 95 16.1 25 10.0 43 21.9 44 27.9 28 19.3 25 28.2 5 9.3 11 20.5 -- -- 6 13.718 to 24 years 145 24.5 14 5.6 63 32.3 8 5.3 15 10.1 5 5.8 -- -- 5 8.9 14 26.6 -- --25 to 29 years 8 1.3 56 22.5 8 3.9 20 12.7 25 17.2 8 8.7 -- -- 7 12.6 -- -- 10 23.330 to 39 years 53 8.9 59 23.8 14 7.1 7 4.4 43 29.4 26 29.0 10 17.4 16 30.4 29 56.6 6 14.040 to 49 years 110 18.6 64 25.9 19 9.6 57 36.2 12 8.2 6 7.0 13 22.4 5 9.8 4 7.3 15 35.250 to 59 years 120 20.2 6 2.2 36 18.6 21 13.5 9 5.9 17 19.3 5 8.1 8 14.2 5 9.5 5 11.060 to 64 years 32 5.5 7 2.9 -- -- -- -- 11 7.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --65 years and over 29 5.0 17 6.9 13 6.6 -- -- 3 2.3 2 2.0 25 42.7 2 3.6 -- -- 1 2.8 Median (years) 39 NA 35 NA 24 NA 36 NA 30 NA 32 NA 58 NA 32 NA 30 NA 37 NA

Female 310 52.4 97 39.0 79 40.7 69 44.1 73 50.6 38 42.8 27 47.8 26 48.8 39 75.3 11 25.2Under 18 years 75 12.7 5 1.9 29 15.0 28 17.8 26 18.3 1 1.6 5 9.3 5 10.2 -- -- 1 2.618 to 24 years 86 14.5 8 3.2 15 7.6 8 5.3 12 8.5 -- -- -- -- 3 5.8 5 9.2 -- --25 to 29 years -- -- 30 12.1 4 2.1 -- -- 15 10.2 -- -- -- -- 7 12.6 -- -- -- --30 to 39 years 44 7.5 33 13.4 11 5.7 4 2.8 12 8.3 19 22.0 -- -- 7 12.7 29 56.6 3 6.240 to 49 years 67 11.3 -- -- 15 7.6 26 16.6 2 1.6 3 3.3 3 4.7 -- -- -- -- 4 9.950 to 59 years 27 4.5 6 2.2 2 1.3 2 1.6 5 3.7 12 13.9 5 8.1 3 5.8 5 9.5 2 3.760 to 64 years 7 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --65 years and over 4 0.7 15 6.1 3 1.3 -- -- -- -- 2 2.0 15 25.6 1 1.7 -- -- 1 2.8 Median (years) 21 NA 31 NA 24 NA 24 NA 21 NA 36 NA 67 NA 28 NA 30 NA 42 NA

RaceWhite 568 95.8 190 76.3 195 100.0 137 86.9 113 78.1 78 88.6 58 100.0 31 58.1 47 90.8 32 74.1Black -- -- 7 2.7 -- -- 21 13.1 7 5.2 -- -- -- -- 4 7.0 5 9.2 11 25.9American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- 9 3.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Asian or Pacific Islander 20 3.4 44 17.5 -- -- -- -- 24 16.7 10 11.4 -- -- 19 34.9 -- -- -- --Other 5 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Hispanic originHispanic origin 43 7.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 3.5Not of Hispanic origin 549 92.7 249 100.0 195 100.0 157 100.0 145 100.0 88 100.0 58 100.0 54 100.0 51 100.0 42 96.5

Household incomeLess than $25,000 98 16.6 54 21.9 50 25.5 10 6.1 12 8.0 2 2.0 3 4.7 -- -- 29 56.6 10 23.3$25,000 to $39,999 76 12.9 48 19.5 11 5.7 67 42.4 7 5.1 11 12.7 12 21.4 2 3.9 4 8.5 1 2.7$40,000 to $49,999 14 2.4 9 3.6 58 29.9 13 8.0 11 7.5 16 18.5 5 8.1 2 3.6 4 7.3 5 11.4$50,000 to $59,999 219 36.9 22 8.8 62 31.9 2 1.5 8 5.6 -- -- 32 55.6 23 42.7 -- -- 8 17.9$60,000 to $74,999 95 16.0 69 27.6 6 3.3 63 40.3 28 19.0 40 45.2 -- -- 24 45.3 14 27.5 -- --$75,000 to $99,999 90 15.3 39 15.9 -- -- -- -- 39 26.7 2 1.8 -- -- 2 4.6 -- -- 19 44.8$100,000 or more -- -- 7 2.7 7 3.6 3 1.6 41 28.2 17 19.7 6 10.2 -- -- -- -- -- --

Household typeFamily household 514 86.7 230 92.7 131 67.3 140 88.9 121 83.5 85 96.3 52 90.7 43 80.4 47 91.5 32 72.6 Married-couple family hshld. 460 77.6 223 89.8 84 43.3 130 82.8 117 80.8 54 61.9 52 90.7 35 65.4 47 91.5 30 69.9 With children under 18 years 288 48.5 157 63.0 6 3.3 82 52.0 71 48.7 19 22.1 16 27.1 27 49.9 9 16.6 22 51.0 Female householder 42 7.0 7 2.9 47 24.0 10 6.1 2 1.2 30 34.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 2.7 With children under 18 years 26 4.4 7 2.9 47 24.0 10 6.1 -- -- 30 34.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Male householder 13 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 1.6 -- -- -- -- 8 15.0 -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Nonfamily household 79 13.3 18 7.3 64 32.7 17 11.1 24 16.5 3 3.7 5 9.3 11 19.6 4 8.5 12 27.4

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 523 100.0 228 100.0 152 100.0 113 100.0 117 100.0 69 100.0 52 100.0 45 100.0 51 100.0 38 100.0Less than high school graduate 31 5.9 21 9.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 11.7 -- -- 4 8.6 -- -- -- --High school graduate 164 31.3 69 30.4 42 27.7 22 19.6 24 20.2 4 5.2 4 7.7 5 11.0 13 25.4 11 30.2Some college, no degree 103 19.7 14 6.3 19 12.2 32 27.8 22 18.7 20 28.2 16 30.6 9 20.4 33 65.1 -- --Associate's degree 53 10.2 6 2.7 8 5.5 12 10.2 1 1.0 -- -- 8 15.0 5 10.9 -- -- -- --Bachelor's degree 110 21.1 72 31.6 53 34.5 13 11.3 38 32.3 25 36.6 19 35.6 13 28.4 5 9.5 15 40.3Some grad school or grad deg. 62 11.8 46 20.0 31 20.1 35 31.1 33 27.9 13 18.3 6 11.2 9 20.7 -- -- 11 29.5

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 523 100.0 228 100.0 152 100.0 113 100.0 117 100.0 69 100.0 52 100.0 45 100.0 51 100.0 38 100.0Working full time 245 46.8 106 46.5 96 62.7 77 67.6 88 75.4 53 76.8 13 24.5 37 83.2 38 73.4 32 85.2Retired 35 6.7 21 9.2 13 8.4 4 3.1 3 2.5 -- -- 37 70.2 2 4.3 -- -- 1 3.2Other 243 46.5 101 44.2 44 28.9 33 29.3 26 22.1 16 23.2 3 5.2 6 12.5 14 26.6 4 11.5

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Table 19. Person Trips from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area to the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Destinations, by Selected Traveler Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area destinations are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Origin in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, destination in:Syracuse Newburgh Pittsburgh New York Chicago Atlantic City Kansas City Newark Rochester Cleveland

Traveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 460 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 136 100.0 113 100.0 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0

Age and sex Total 460 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 136 100.0 113 100.0 97 100.0 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0Under 18 years 123 26.8 -- -- -- -- 4 3.2 -- -- 8 8.7 NM NM NM NM 8 9.7 -- --18 to 24 years 76 16.6 29 9.8 -- -- 3 2.2 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- 23 32.325 to 29 years 33 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 10.4 22 22.7 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --30 to 39 years 48 10.5 -- -- -- -- 32 23.7 -- -- 59 60.5 NM NM NM NM 7 8.6 -- --40 to 49 years 13 2.7 78 26.7 16 6.3 28 21.0 54 48.0 8 8.1 NM NM NM NM 23 28.7 12 16.350 to 59 years 67 14.5 186 63.6 245 93.7 55 40.9 25 21.7 -- -- NM NM NM NM 34 41.8 37 51.460 to 64 years 5 1.1 -- -- -- -- 9 7.0 23 20.0 -- -- NM NM NM NM 9 11.2 -- --65 years and over 95 20.6 -- -- -- -- 3 2.0 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Median (years) 26 NA 52 NA 50 NA 47 NA 41 NA 32 NA NM NM NM NM 52 NA 54 NA

Female 207 45.1 140 47.7 157 60.0 57 41.7 66 58.1 58 60.2 NM NM NM NM 24 30.4 14 19.3Under 18 years 37 8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --18 to 24 years 76 16.6 -- -- -- -- 3 2.2 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --25 to 29 years 33 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 3.9 22 22.7 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --30 to 39 years 5 1.1 -- -- -- -- 22 16.5 -- -- 28 28.5 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --40 to 49 years 8 1.7 74 25.3 -- -- 25 18.2 49 43.6 5 4.7 NM NM NM NM 16 20.0 -- --50 to 59 years -- -- 66 22.4 157 60.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 5 6.3 14 19.360 to 64 years 5 1.1 -- -- -- -- 4 2.8 12 10.6 -- -- NM NM NM NM 3 4.1 -- --65 years and over 43 9.3 -- -- -- -- 3 2.0 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Median (years) 22 NA 46 NA 50 NA 40 NA 41 NA 31 NA NM NM NM NM 46 NA 54 NA

RaceWhite 451 98.1 293 100.0 261 100.0 133 97.8 113 100.0 70 72.6 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0Black 9 1.9 -- -- -- -- 3 2.2 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 27.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Hispanic originHispanic origin -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 27.4 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Not of Hispanic origin 460 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 136 100.0 113 100.0 70 72.6 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 72 100.0

Household incomeLess than $25,000 85 18.5 -- -- -- -- 3 2.2 5 4.6 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- 23 32.1$25,000 to $39,999 16 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 48 50.1 NM NM NM NM 9 11.2 -- --$40,000 to $49,999 12 2.6 -- -- -- -- 11 8.1 -- -- 32 33.1 NM NM NM NM 9 11.4 -- --$50,000 to $59,999 278 60.5 4 1.3 9 3.4 21 15.6 20 17.7 -- -- NM NM NM NM 22 27.0 49 67.9$60,000 to $74,999 60 13.1 223 76.3 245 93.7 55 40.9 71 62.3 -- -- NM NM NM NM 40 50.4 -- --$75,000 to $99,999 -- -- 66 22.4 7 2.9 13 9.9 -- -- 16 16.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --$100,000 or more 8 1.8 -- -- -- -- 32 23.3 17 15.4 -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --

Household typeFamily household 455 98.9 293 100.0 252 96.6 122 89.7 108 95.4 84 86.8 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 49 67.9 Married-couple family hshld. 319 69.3 214 73.1 252 96.6 79 58.5 108 95.4 84 86.8 NM NM NM NM 80 100.0 12 16.3 With children under 18 years 204 44.3 -- -- -- -- 45 33.5 46 40.7 71 73.6 NM NM NM NM 24 29.8 -- -- Female householder 76 16.6 -- -- -- -- 11 8.4 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- 37 51.6 With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- Male householder 60 13.1 79 26.9 -- -- 31 22.8 -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Nonfamily household 5 1.1 -- -- 9 3.4 14 10.3 5 4.6 13 13.2 NM NM NM NM -- -- 23 32.1

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 337 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 131 100.0 113 100.0 88 100.0 NM NM NM NM 72 100.0 72 100.0Less than high school graduate 9 2.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM 4 5.7 37 51.6High school graduate 50 14.7 -- -- 9 3.4 22 16.5 58 51.3 21 23.9 NM NM NM NM 21 28.9 23 32.1Some college, no degree 45 13.2 69 23.7 -- -- 13 9.7 -- -- 53 59.9 NM NM NM NM 7 9.6 12 16.3Associate's degree -- -- -- -- 157 60.0 -- -- 3 2.9 6 7.3 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Bachelor's degree 122 36.2 29 9.8 7 2.9 6 4.3 27 24.2 3 3.8 NM NM NM NM -- -- -- --Some grad school or grad deg. 112 33.2 195 66.5 88 33.7 91 69.4 25 21.7 5 5.1 NM NM NM NM 40 55.8 -- --

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 337 100.0 293 100.0 261 100.0 131 100.0 113 100.0 88 100.0 NM NM NM NM 72 100.0 72 100.0Working full time 124 36.7 125 42.5 173 66.3 125 95.6 62 54.7 66 75.1 NM NM NM NM 35 48.9 35 48.4Retired 92 27.2 -- -- -- -- 3 2.1 5 4.6 -- -- NM NM NM NM 9 12.4 -- --Other 122 36.2 168 57.5 88 33.7 3 2.3 46 40.7 22 24.9 NM NM NM NM 28 38.7 37 51.6

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Table 20. Person Trips to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area from the Most Frequent Metropolitan Area Origins,by Selected Traveler Characteristics; 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation. For definitions of terms andmetropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM means data are not meaningfulor data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published datafrom their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations. Numbers are in thousands.The most frequent Metropolitan Area origins are those Metropolitan Areas with the 10 largest volumes of travel to the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area.]

Destination in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, origin in:Albany NY Detroit Cleveland Syracuse New York Erie Wash. Newark Pittsburgh Lowell

Traveler characteristics Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per. Num. Per.

All person trips 252 100.0 116 100.0 92 100.0 91 100.0 68 100.0 68 100.0 61 100.0 59 100.0 NM NM 49 100.0

Age and sex Total 252 100.0 116 100.0 92 100.0 91 100.0 68 100.0 68 100.0 61 100.0 59 100.0 NM NM 49 100.0Under 18 years 52 20.5 35 30.1 4 3.9 26 28.7 14 20.3 -- -- 15 24.1 23 38.3 NM NM 22 43.818 to 24 years 34 13.6 8 7.2 3 3.5 23 25.7 3 4.2 15 22.4 2 3.2 2 3.8 NM NM 5 10.325 to 29 years -- -- 3 2.2 3 3.6 7 7.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 -- -- NM NM 6 12.330 to 39 years 25 10.0 5 4.1 32 34.2 -- -- 17 25.3 11 16.6 19 30.7 26 44.5 NM NM 15 29.840 to 49 years 55 21.8 44 38.0 30 32.2 -- -- 28 41.4 15 21.9 19 30.6 8 13.4 NM NM -- --50 to 59 years 75 29.7 21 18.3 6 6.0 34 37.9 6 8.9 26 39.1 6 9.9 -- -- NM NM 2 3.860 to 64 years 5 2.1 -- -- 7 7.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5 -- -- NM NM -- --65 years and over 6 2.4 -- -- 8 8.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 -- -- NM NM -- -- Median (years) 45 NA 46 NA 40 NA 20 NA 40 NA 48 NA 38 NA 30 NA NM NM 24 NA

Female 105 41.6 60 52.1 37 39.8 62 67.9 49 71.8 26 38.5 22 36.2 NM NM NM NM 14 28.5Under 18 years 35 13.9 21 18.3 -- -- 26 28.7 14 20.3 -- -- 5 9.0 NM NM NM NM 1 2.818 to 24 years -- -- 8 7.2 3 3.5 23 25.7 -- -- -- -- 2 3.2 NM NM NM NM -- --25 to 29 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 NM NM NM NM -- --30 to 39 years 25 10.0 2 1.9 20 21.7 -- -- 12 18.0 11 16.6 7 11.4 NM NM NM NM 13 25.740 to 49 years 41 16.1 26 22.6 -- -- -- -- 17 24.6 15 21.9 4 7.0 NM NM NM NM -- --50 to 59 years 4 1.5 2 2.1 6 6.0 12 13.6 6 8.9 -- -- 3 4.7 NM NM NM NM -- --60 to 64 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM NM NM -- --65 years and over -- -- -- -- 8 8.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 NM NM NM NM -- -- Median (years) 37 NA 30 NA 36 NA 20 NA 33 NA 48 NA 36 NA NM NM NM NM 36 NA

RaceWhite 252 100.0 95 82.2 84 90.7 91 100.0 54 79.6 68 100.0 38 61.7 49 81.9 NM NM 43 87.5Black -- -- 21 17.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 7.0 2 3.8 NM NM -- --American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut -- -- -- -- 9 9.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM -- --Asian or Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9 13.3 -- -- 19 30.7 8 14.2 NM NM 6 12.5Other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 7.1 -- -- -- 0.5 -- -- NM NM -- --

Hispanic originHispanic origin -- -- -- -- -- -- 23 25.7 20 29.6 -- -- -- 0.5 -- -- NM NM -- --Not of Hispanic origin 252 100.0 116 100.0 92 100.0 68 74.3 48 70.4 68 100.0 61 99.5 59 100.0 NM NM 49 100.0

Household incomeLess than $25,000 -- -- 10 8.3 8 8.6 -- -- 20 29.3 -- -- 1 1.2 9 14.6 NM NM -- --$25,000 to $39,999 42 16.6 35 30.5 13 13.9 -- -- -- -- 11 16.6 1 1.0 -- -- NM NM 11 22.7$40,000 to $49,999 -- -- 5 4.1 7 7.2 -- -- 9 13.9 -- -- -- -- 2 3.8 NM NM -- --$50,000 to $59,999 192 76.2 -- -- 22 23.8 19 21.0 -- -- 57 83.4 18 29.5 -- -- NM NM -- --$60,000 to $74,999 18 7.2 63 54.9 30 32.2 49 53.8 19 27.8 -- -- 18 29.4 -- -- NM NM 38 77.3$75,000 to $99,999 -- -- -- -- 13 14.4 23 25.3 20 29.0 -- -- 22 35.9 11 17.9 NM NM -- --$100,000 or more -- -- 3 2.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 2.9 38 63.6 NM NM -- --

Household typeFamily household 216 85.8 116 100.0 78 84.3 91 100.0 50 73.7 57 83.4 54 89.2 51 85.4 NM NM 49 100.0 Married-couple family hshld. 216 85.8 106 91.7 78 84.3 65 71.3 39 56.8 57 83.4 46 75.9 48 81.6 NM NM 19 38.9 With children under 18 years 172 68.2 60 51.9 54 59.0 -- -- 19 27.8 -- -- 42 68.8 48 81.6 NM NM 6 12.5 Female householder -- -- 10 8.3 -- -- 26 28.7 12 16.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM 30 61.1 With children under 18 years -- -- 10 8.3 -- -- 26 28.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NM NM 30 61.1 Male householder -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 8 13.2 2 3.8 NM NM -- -- With children under 18 years -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 3.8 NM NM -- --Nonfamily household 36 14.2 -- -- 15 15.7 -- -- 18 26.3 11 16.6 7 10.8 9 14.6 NM NM -- --

Educational attainment Persons 16 years and over 200 100.0 81 100.0 89 100.0 91 100.0 54 100.0 68 100.0 48 100.0 37 100.0 NM NM 34 100.0Less than high school graduate -- -- -- -- -- -- 26 29 5 8.9 -- -- 4 7.9 -- -- NM NM 6 18.5High school graduate 61 30.6 12 14.3 11 12.3 12 13.6 5 9.1 30 44.3 5 11.3 -- -- NM NM 2 5.5Some college, no degree 34 17.1 29 36.4 12 13.9 32 35.5 3 5.2 11 16.6 6 11.5 2 6.2 NM NM 6 17.8Associate's degree 22 11.2 9 11.3 -- -- 13 14.5 -- -- -- -- 2 4.5 -- -- NM NM -- --Bachelor's degree 68 34.0 13 15.9 60 67.6 7 7.7 19 35.4 -- -- 16 33.5 11 29.1 NM NM 16 48.3Some grad school or grad deg. 14 7.1 18 22.1 6 6.2 -- -- 22 41.3 26 39.1 15 31.2 24 64.7 NM NM 3 9.8

Activity status Persons 16 years and over 200 100.0 81 100.0 89 100.0 91 100.0 54 100.0 68 100.0 48 100.0 37 100.0 NM NM 34 100.0Working full time 99 49.2 44 54.5 58 65.7 29 32.1 39 72.2 38 55.7 44 90.7 34 93.8 NM NM 23 66.5Retired 35 17.5 4 4.4 15 17.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1.1 -- -- NM NM -- --Other 67 33.2 33 41.1 15 17.1 62 67.9 15 27.8 30 44.3 4 8.2 2 6.2 NM NM 11 33.5

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1995 American Travel Survey--Summary Travel Characteristics (No. BTS/ATS95-ESTC/1280)

Table 21. Household Trips, Person Trips, Person Miles of Travel, and Personal Use Vehicle Miles of Travel for Trips toand from the Buffalo-Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area, by Selected Trip Characteristics: 1995[Trips of 100 miles or more, one way. Excludes travel outside the U.S. Data based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see documentation.For definitions of terms and metropolitan area, see documentation. Symbol -- means "rounds to or represents zero." NA means "Not Applicable." NM meansdata are not meaningful or data do not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability. Some unpublished estimates can be derived by subtracting published data from their respective totals. However, the estimates obtained by such subtraction are subject to these same limitations.]

Trip characteristic Origin in area Destination in area

All tripsHousehold trips (thousands) 2,464 1,304 Personal use vehicle 1,617 1,003 Commercial airplane 771 225Person trips (thousands) 3,641 1,935 Personal use vehicle 2,685 1,558 Commercial airplane 873 294Person miles (millions) 3,654 1,826 Personal use vehicle 2,021 1,275 Commercial airplane 1,552 485Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 1,229 776

Business tripsHousehold trips (thousands) 1,083 397 Personal use vehicle 516 309 Commercial airplane 528 70Person trips (thousands) 1,194 432 Personal use vehicle 613 338 Commercial airplane 542 75Person miles (millions) 1,236 367 Personal use vehicle 521 246 Commercial airplane 689 99Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 435 215

Trips to visit friends or relativesHousehold trips (thousands) 717 355 Personal use vehicle 592 240 Commercial airplane 125 92Person trips (thousands) 1,342 540 Personal use vehicle 1,170 380 Commercial airplane 172 136Person miles (millions) 1,186 601 Personal use vehicle 721 383 Commercial airplane 465 204Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 363 221

Leisure tripsHousehold trips (thousands) 542 318 Personal use vehicle 409 251 Commercial airplane 109 48Person trips (thousands) 883 550 Personal use vehicle 710 467 Commercial airplane 147 64Person miles (millions) 1,045 533 Personal use vehicle 644 375 Commercial airplane 374 146Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 357 184

Personal business trips*Household trips (thousands) 122 234 Personal use vehicle 99 202 Commercial airplane 9 15Person trips (thousands) 222 413 Personal use vehicle 192 374 Commercial airplane 13 19Person miles (millions) 188 326 Personal use vehicle 135 271 Commercial airplane 24 36Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 74 155

Vacation tripsHousehold trips (thousands) 1,153 663 Personal use vehicle 906 510 Commercial airplane 222 117Person trips (thousands) 2,119 1,111 Personal use vehicle 1,763 927 Commercial airplane 324 146Person miles (millions) 2,392 1,173 Personal use vehicle 1,333 815 Commercial airplane 1,008 338Personal use vehicle miles (millions) 687 418

*Includes other-not specified

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation 11/3/97