I've been researching what is the commute share out of total travel by car (commute/total car travel) per capita.
The number changes drastically in some of the articles I've found. For the US the number is 0.19, for Israel it's a bit higher.
But I've seen much higher numbers, like 0.6 in Seattle and in China.
Do you have different numbers in your country?
Does it correlate with socioeconomic status and /or accessibility?
I do not have expertise in this area, but it seems to me that considering a nation-wide number for the United States has little meaning. I say this because the geography is SO different -- cities of millions of people like New York with 27,000 people per square mile, versus some areas of the US that contain less than one person per square mile, on average.
I think that it is important that you compare cities or geographic regions of a similar nature in looking at your comuniting statistics.
I agree with Michael, you would be better to compare similar cities or regions (see link) but you also need to take into account vehicle ownership, the cities transport policies and where employment is located. New Zealand's central Government agency (MOT) collects data on a regional basis and just as cities differ in composition so do regions. There are a number of statistic provided (see link)
All the best with your research.
http://www.transport.govt.nz/ourwork/tmif/travelpatterns/tp006/
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/03/13/auckland-pt-performance-comparison-2017/
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