Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz: Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons was 105,731 Persons in 2023. ▼ Falling
Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons in Santa Cruz, 2011–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Santa Cruz recorded 105,731 Persons for main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons in Santa Cruz peaked at 122,521 Persons in 2019 and was at its lowest, 105,731 Persons, in 2023.
That places Santa Cruz 158th out of 286 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons in Santa Cruz, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 115,753 Persons | — |
| 2012 | 116,633 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 116,593 Persons | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 117,575 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 118,749 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 119,141 Persons | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 120,794 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 121,185 Persons | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 122,521 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 118,459 Persons | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 113,711 Persons | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 108,395 Persons | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 105,731 Persons | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 118,772 Persons | 115,753 Persons | 122,521 Persons | 9 |
| 2020s | 111,574 Persons | 105,731 Persons | 118,459 Persons | 4 |
More reference data data for Santa Cruz
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 0.8771 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -56.98 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 788.03 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -193.25 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 7.95 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.8998 Days per year (2024)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 8.72 Millimetres per year (2023)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 0.1517 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 31 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 23.44 Percentage of area (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons in Santa Cruz?
- Main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons in Santa Cruz was 105,731 Persons in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons recorded in Santa Cruz?
- The highest recorded value was 122,521 Persons in 2019.
- What is the lowest main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons recorded in Santa Cruz?
- The lowest recorded value was 105,731 Persons in 2023.
- How does Santa Cruz rank for main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons?
- Santa Cruz ranks 158th out of 286 regions with data for 2023.
- Is main mode of transport to work - cities and fuas — employed persons rising or falling in Santa Cruz?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Santa Cruz data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons commuting to work. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).
About this data
This dataset provides an indicator of the main mode of transport to work in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities. The indicator is defined as the share of people using a given mode to commute to work. Modes of transport include car, scooter, public transport (including company buses), bicycle, walking and other. The indicator excludes employed people working from home. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses data extracted from the Eurostat database for European countries. For non-European countries, data is collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. A detailed description of the data sources can be found in the annex of Regions and Cities at a Glance 2024. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Main mode of transport to work - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org