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Table 2 Characteristicsa,b of the audited census blocksc located inside each super neighborhoodd. Houston TRAIN Study, 2014

From: Foot-based audit of streets adjacent to new light rail stations in Houston, Texas: measurement of health-related characteristics of the built environment for physical activity research

Block characteristics

All audited blocks

Super neighborhoodsd (N)e

Northside/Northline

Northside Village

Second Ward

Magnolia Park

Downtown

Greater Eastwood

Greater Third Ward

OST/South Union

(N = 8)

(N = 77)

(N = 31)

(N = 14)

(N = 44)

(N = 4)

(N = 16)

(N = 24)

Basic Profile

 Total Population (N)

11,501

1728

4895

1174

277

1091

40

608

1688

 Total Housing Units (N)

5019

687

1806

424

141

1024

20

262

655

 Family Households (%)

(53.0)

(55.3)

(66.3)

(61.5)

(48.7)

(32.8)

(41.2)

(46.7)

(71.2)

 Nonfamily Households (%)

(47.0)

(44.7)

(33.7)

(38.5)

(51.3)

(67.2)

(58.8)

(53.3)

(28.8)

Owner Households (%)

(39.4)

(32.5)

(43.5)

(41.3)

(8.0)

(42.0)

(58.8)

(33.1)

(56.0)

 Renter Households (%)

(60.6)

(67.3)

(56.5)

(58.7)

(92.0)

(58.0)

(41.2)

(66.9)

(44.0)

 Below poverty level (%)

(27.4)

(36.4)

(33.0)

(30.7)

(38.6)

(15.5)

(10.0)

(35.5)

(19.1)

 100–184% poverty level (%)

(18.9)

(23.9)

(20.1)

(24.3)

(24.6)

(8.7)

(7.5)

(18.8)

(23.1)

 185% (plus) poverty level (%)

(53.9)

(39.7)

(46.9)

(45.0)

(37.2)

(75.9)

(82.5)

(45.9)

(57.9)

Workers Commute

 Workers Age 16+ (N)

5170

586

2214

488

106

785

27

277

687

 Drove Alone to Work (%)

(72.3)

(71.3)

(69.4)

(68.9)

(84.9)

(65.1)

(77.8)

(69.0)

(71.6)

 Carpooled (%)

(10.4)

(17.1)

(13.8)

(20.1)

(7.6)

(4.1)

(11.1)

(3.6)

(5.5)

 Public Transportation (%)

(6.5)

(6.5)

(8.4)

(4.3)

(2.8)

(9.3)

(3.7)

(11.6)

(5.2)

 Bicycled (%)

(0.5)

(0.0)

(0.2)

(1.6)

(0.0)

(1.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.4)

 Walked (%)

(4.4)

(0.0)

(5.0)

(2.3)

(2.8)

(12.2)

(3.7)

(9.4)

(0.0)

 OtherTransport Means (%)

(1.7)

(0.5)

(0.7)

(1.2)

(1.9)

(0.5)

(0.0)

(1.1)

(7.4)

 Worked at Home (%)

(4.5)

(4.4)

(2.6)

(1.4)

(0.0)

(7.3)

(7.4)

(5.8)

(7.4)

Housing Structure

 1 Unit in Structure (%)

(57.1)

(40.8)

(70.7)

(61.8)

(32.6)

(27.3)

(85.0)

(56.1)

(82.3)

 2 or 4 Units in Structure (%)

(8.8)

(3.2)

(10.9)

(21.5)

(12.1)

(3.9)

(5.0)

(13.0)

(1.1)

 5 or 19 Units in Structure (%)

(11.1)

(20.7)

(13.8)

(7.6)

(29.1)

(1.6)

(5.0)

(7.3)

(3.4)

 20+ Units in Structure (%)

(23.1)

(33.3)

(4.6)

(8.7)

(26.2)

(67.1)

(10.0)

(23.3)

(11.3)

 Mobile Homes (%)

(0.6)

(2.0)

(0.2)

(0.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.1)

  1. Abbreviations: TRAIN Travel Related Activity in Neighborhoods
  2. aData were obtained from the US Census American Community Survey (ACS) 2011–2015 estimates
  3. bSelected census characteristics were those that provided quick sociodemographic outlook, insights into commuting patterns, and housing types of the immediate surroundings of the light rail transit (LRT) stations. These are characteristics of significant interest for longitudinal research
  4. cAudited blocks refer to the US Census blocks that were completely surrounded by audited segments (on all sides)
  5. dA super neighborhood is a geographically designated area that contains contiguous communities that share common physical characteristics, identity or infrastructure. These are City of Houston signature “neighborhoods”
  6. eThe number of US Census blocks in each super neighborhood