Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP)
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| Selected Characteristics1 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 ACS | 2005 ACS MOE 3 |
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| Persons in Household | 646,097 | 759,017 | 818,587 | *****4 | |||
| Households | 247,497 | 298,736 | 317,640 | +/-2,835 | |||
| Persons per household | 2.61 | 2.54 | 2.58 | ***** | |||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Total Persons | 666,168 | 783,600 | na | na | |||
| Total Employed2 | 340,529 | 380,603 | 407,423 | ***** | |||
| Workers at Work | 334,126 | 373,070 | 397,033 | +/-5,412 | |||
| Mode to work1 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 ACS | ||||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | MOE (%) | |
| Total Workers | 334,126 | 100.0 | 373,070 | 100.0 | 397,033 | 100.0 | --- |
| Drove alone | 258,087 | 77.2 | 295,413 | 79.2 | 318,734 | 80.3 | +/- 1.0 |
| 2-person carpool | 34,116 | 10.2 | 34,179 | 9.2 | 33,539 | 8.4 | +/- 0.7 |
| 3-person carpool | 5,445 | 1.6 | 5,574 | 1.5 | 5,432 | 1.4 | +/- 0.3 |
| 4-person carpool | 1,964 | 0.6 | 1,816 | 0.5 | 1,269 | 0.3 | +/- 0.2 |
| 5-or-6-person carpool | 671 | 0.2 | 852 | 0.2 | 727 | 0.2 | +/- 0.1 |
| 7-or-more-person carpool | 772 | 0.2 | 569 | 0.2 | 1,091 | 0.3 | +/- 0.1 |
| Bus or trolley bus | 6,987 | 2.1 | 8,770 | 2.4 | 6,489 | 1.6 | +/- 0.3 |
| Streetcar or trolley car | 51 | 0.0 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | +/- 0.1 |
| Subway or elevated | 102 | 0.0 | 140 | 0.0 | 157 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Railroad | 782 | 0.2 | 1,361 | 0.4 | 1,942 | 0.5 | +/- 0.2 |
| Ferryboat | 12 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | +/- 0.1 |
| Bicycle | 1,131 | 0.3 | 851 | 0.2 | 1,186 | 0.3 | +/- 0.2 |
| Walked | 12,862 | 3.8 | 9,637 | 2.6 | 7,159 | 1.8 | +/- 0.4 |
| Taxicab | 135 | 0.0 | 51 | 0.0 | 85 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Motorcycle | 457 | 0.1 | 359 | 0.1 | 243 | 0.1 | +/- 0.0 |
| Other means | 2,572 | 0.8 | 2,375 | 0.6 | 4,428 | 1.1 | +/- 0.3 |
| Worked at home | 7,980 | 2.4 | 11,091 | 3.0 | 14,552 | 3.7 | +/- 0.5 |
| Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 326,146 | 100.0 | 361,979 | 100.0 | 382,481 | 100.0 | --- |
| Less than 5 minutes | 10,975 | 3.4 | 9,817 | 2.7 | 10,246 | 2.7 | +/- 0.5 |
| 5 to 9 | 38,130 | 11.7 | 37,056 | 10.2 | 40,853 | 10.7 | +/- 0.8 |
| 10 to 14 | 58,000 | 17.8 | 56,533 | 15.6 | 56,434 | 14.8 | +/- 1.0 |
| 15 to 19 | 65,976 | 20.2 | 65,194 | 18.0 | 68,828 | 18.0 | +/- 1.0 |
| 20 to 29 | 76,866 | 23.6 | 86,611 | 23.9 | 93,062 | 24.3 | +/- 1.3 |
| 30 to 44 | 50,974 | 15.6 | 63,408 | 17.5 | 65,165 | 17.0 | +/- 1.0 |
| 45 to 59 | 14,033 | 4.3 | 20,867 | 5.8 | 23,036 | 6.0 | +/- 0.6 |
| 60 or more | 11,192 | 3.4 | 22,493 | 6.2 | 24,857 | 6.5 | +/- 0.7 |
| Mean travel time (minutes) | 20.0 | (X) | 24.0 | (X) | 23.7 | (X) | +/- 0.73 |
| Departure Time to Work1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 326,146 | 100.0 | 361,979 | 100.0 | 382,481 | 100.0 | --- |
| 5:00 - 5:59 a.m. | 14,919 | 4.6 | 21,324 | 5.9 | 28,946 | 7.6 | +/- 0.7 |
| 6:00 - 6:59 a.m. | 61,132 | 18.7 | 71,503 | 19.8 | 81,525 | 21.3 | +/- 1.0 |
| 7:00 - 7:59 a.m. | 119,377 | 36.6 | 122,321 | 33.8 | 122,726 | 32.1 | +/- 1.3 |
| 8:00 - 8:59 a.m. | 55,128 | 16.9 | 58,245 | 16.1 | 60,790 | 15.9 | +/- 1.0 |
| 9:00 - 10:59 a.m. | 21,585 | 6.6 | 24,960 | 6.9 | 25,912 | 6.8 | +/- 0.6 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 25,132 | 7.7 | 29,253 | 8.1 | 26,309 | 6.9 | +/- 0.7 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 28,873 | 8.9 | 34,373 | 9.5 | 36,273 | 9.5 | +/- 0.8 |
Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.
3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.cfm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.
4. ***** Cannot be calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)2
| Mean travel time (mins.) |
Total | Less than 10 minutes |
10 to 19 minutes |
20 to 29 minutes |
30 to 44 minutes |
45 to 59 minutes |
60/more minutes |
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| Total | 2000 | 24.0 | 361,980 | 46,870 | 121,730 | 86,610 | 63,405 | 20,865 | 22,495 |
| 2005 | 23.7 | 382,481 | 51,099 | 125,262 | 93,062 | 65,165 | 23,036 | 24,857 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.73 | +/-5,850 | +/-3,772 | +/-5,497 | +/-5,012 | +/-4,135 | +/-2,382 | +/-2,690 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 23.4 | 295,415 | 36,710 | 101,640 | 74,235 | 50,725 | 16,140 | 15,965 |
| 2005 | 23.3 | 318,734 | 40,108 | 105,684 | 80,993 | 55,138 | 19,151 | 17,660 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.82 | +/-5,922 | +/-3,341 | +/-5,016 | +/-4,816 | +/-3,872 | +/-2,180 | +/-2,261 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 24.6 | 34,180 | 3,790 | 11,485 | 7,770 | 6,725 | 2,080 | 2,330 |
| 2005 | 23.5 | 33,539 | 4,783 | 11,471 | 6,772 | 6,112 | 2,086 | 2,315 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.4 | +/-2,827 | +/-1,254 | +/-1,820 | +/-1,403 | +/-1,393 | +/-655 | +/-893 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 29.6 | 8,810 | 665 | 2,305 | 1,715 | 2,240 | 925 | 965 |
| 2005 | 32.3 | 8,519 | 569 | 2,360 | 2,084 | 1,299 | 664 | 1,543 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-9.14 | +/-1,527 | +/-393 | +/-779 | +/-638 | +/-509 | +/-350 | +/-617 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 36.9 | 8,770 | 335 | 1,630 | 1,540 | 2,500 | 1,180 | 1,585 |
| 2005 | 35.1 | 6,489 | SSS | 1,732 | 758 | 1,440 | 565 | 1,614 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-10.62 | +/-1,267 | SSS | +/-778 | +/-401 | +/-577 | +/-260 | +/-705 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 67.3 | 1,530 | 24 | 24 | 54 | 163 | 320 | 965 |
| 2005 | 81.7 | 2,099 | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | 1,322 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-50.2 | +/-893 | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | +/-639 | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 18.1 | 13,275 | 5,345 | 4,660 | 1,300 | 1,045 | 230 | 684 |
| 2005 | 15.2 | 13,101 | 5,259 | 4,015 | 2,340 | 832 | SSS | SSS | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-4.54 | +/-2,262 | +/-1,291 | +/-1,028 | +/-1,133 | +/-489 | SSS | SSS |
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)2
| Percent of Workers | Mean travel time (mins.) |
Total | Less than 10 minutes |
10 to 19 minutes |
20 to 29 minutes |
30 to 44 minutes |
45 to 59 minutes |
60/more minutes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2000 | 24.0 | 100.0 | 12.9 | 33.6 | 23.9 | 17.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | 23.7 | 100.0 | 13.4 | 32.7 | 24.3 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.73 | ***** | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 23.4 | 100.0 | 12.4 | 34.4 | 25.1 | 17.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2005 | 23.3 | 100.0 | 12.6 | 33.2 | 25.4 | 17.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.82 | ***** | +/-1.9 | +/-1.8 | +/-1.8 | +/-1.8 | +/-1.9 | +/-1.9 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 24.6 | 100.0 | 11.1 | 33.6 | 22.7 | 19.7 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 23.5 | 100.0 | 14.3 | 34.2 | 20.2 | 18.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-3.4 | ***** | +/-8.4 | +/-8.2 | +/-8.4 | +/-8.4 | +/-8.4 | +/-8.4 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 29.6 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 26.2 | 19.5 | 25.4 | 10.5 | 11.0 |
| 2005 | 32.3 | 100.0 | 6.7 | 27.7 | 24.5 | 15.2 | 7.8 | 18.1 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-9.14 | ***** | +/-17.9 | +/-17.7 | +/-17.8 | +/-17.9 | +/-17.9 | +/-17.9 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 36.9 | 100.0 | 3.8 | 18.6 | 17.6 | 28.5 | 13.5 | 18.1 |
| 2005 | 35.1 | 100.0 | SSS | 26.7 | 11.7 | 22.2 | 8.7 | 24.9 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-10.62 | ***** | SSS | +/-19.3 | +/-19.5 | +/-19.4 | +/-19.5 | +/-19.3 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 67.3 | 100.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 20.9 | 63.1 |
| 2005 | 81.7 | 100.0 | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | 63.0 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-50.2 | ***** | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | +/-38.0 | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 18.1 | 100.0 | 40.3 | 35.1 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 15.2 | 100.0 | 40.1 | 30.6 | 17.9 | 6.4 | SSS | SSS | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-4.54 | ***** | +/-16.8 | +/-17.1 | +/-17.2 | +/-17.3 | SSS | SSS |
Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, Please read notes.cfm
3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.
4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.
SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.
***** Cannot be calculated.
