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Summary of Travel Trends: 2022 National Household Travel Survey
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2024-01-01
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Edition:Trends in travel behavior, 1969–2022
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Abstract:The 2022 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) provides an inventory of daily personal travel in the United States. It is the only source of national-level multimodal statistics on personal travel in the United States. The survey series (conducted since 1969) includes demographic data on households, people, and vehicles as well as detailed information on daily travel by all modes of transportation and for all purposes. NHTS survey data are collected from a random sample of households and expanded to provide estimates of trips and miles of travel by travel mode, trip purpose, and other important attributes for the noninstitutionalized population of the United States. When combined with historical data from earlier surveys (i.e., the 1969, 1977, 1983, 1990, and 1995 National Personal Transportation Surveys and the 2001, 2009, and 2017 NHTS), these data serve as a rich source of information on the trends in travel over time and provide important insights into adjustments in travel as the Nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. This report summarizes trends in household and personal travel patterns, including changes to the household-based vehicle fleet and commuting patterns. The report begins with a summary of changes in population, demographics, and related travel. Next, travel trends are examined at the household level, which is then followed by a summary of changes in travel at the person-level, including trips by purpose and miles of travel by age and sex. Following sections detail changes in vehicle availability and usage, commute travel patterns, temporal distribution, and the travel of special populations and emerging travel modes. The 2022 NHTS was conducted using an address-based sample. Most respondents reported data in the web-based reporting tool, which differs from the 2017 NHTS that offered both online and phone options. While survey methods affect final results, efforts to minimize differences resulting from method changes have been applied to the data to maximize comparability. For details, please reference Appendix A and the data documentation at https://nhts.ornl.gov/. Researchers and data users are encouraged to further explore and assess how the change in methods might affect their estimates.
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