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 | 1,152,053 | 1,265,384 | 1,312,862 | *****4 | |||
| Households | 446,027 | 510,845 | 538,267 | +/-4,440 | |||
| Persons per household | 2.58 | 2.48 | 2.44 | ***** | |||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Total Persons | 1,177,883 | 1,292,482 | na | na | |||
| Total Employed2 | 557,339 | 630,757 | 633,987 | ***** | |||
| Workers at Work | 547,316 | 618,819 | 613,327 | +/-7,310 | |||
| Mode to work1 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 ACS | ||||
| Includes GQ pop | Does not include GQ Pop | ||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | MOE (%) | |
| Total Workers | 547,316 | 100.0 | 618,819 | 100.0 | 613,327 | 100.0 | --- |
| Drove alone | 428,089 | 78.2 | 505,006 | 81.6 | 514,158 | 83.8 | +/- 0.8 |
| 2-person carpool | 58,908 | 10.8 | 56,570 | 9.1 | 49,211 | 8.0 | +/- 0.6 |
| 3-person carpool | 8,684 | 1.6 | 8,435 | 1.4 | 7,365 | 1.2 | +/- 0.2 |
| 4-person carpool | 3,045 | 0.6 | 2,869 | 0.5 | 1,701 | 0.3 | +/- 0.1 |
| 5-or-6-person carpool | 1,267 | 0.2 | 1,344 | 0.2 | 1,066 | 0.2 | +/- 0.1 |
| 7-or-more-person carpool | 904 | 0.2 | 667 | 0.1 | 864 | 0.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| Bus or trolley bus | 14,288 | 2.6 | 11,008 | 1.8 | 9,809 | 1.6 | +/- 0.3 |
| Streetcar or trolley car | 119 | 0.0 | 96 | 0.0 | 56 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Subway or elevated | 12 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.0 | 59 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Railroad | 19 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Ferryboat | 40 | 0.0 | 92 | 0.0 | 52 | 0.0 | +/- 0.0 |
| Bicycle | 533 | 0.1 | 1,030 | 0.2 | 725 | 0.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| Walked | 14,998 | 2.7 | 11,037 | 1.8 | 8,017 | 1.3 | +/- 0.3 |
| Taxicab | 289 | 0.1 | 247 | 0.0 | 541 | 0.1 | +/- 0.1 |
| Motorcycle | 418 | 0.1 | 279 | 0.0 | 1,014 | 0.2 | +/- 0.1 |
| Other means | 3,147 | 0.6 | 4,068 | 0.7 | 3,558 | 0.6 | +/- 0.2 |
| Worked at home | 12,556 | 2.3 | 15,979 | 2.6 | 15,131 | 2.5 | +/- 0.3 |
| Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 534,760 | 100.0 | 602,840 | 100.0 | 598,196 | 100.0 | --- |
| Less than 5 minutes | 17,574 | 3.3 | 17,005 | 2.8 | 17,434 | 2.9 | +/- 0.4 |
| 5 to 9 | 55,572 | 10.4 | 58,147 | 9.6 | 58,890 | 9.8 | +/- 0.7 |
| 10 to 14 | 81,631 | 15.3 | 89,848 | 14.9 | 83,099 | 13.9 | +/- 0.7 |
| 15 to 19 | 101,797 | 19.0 | 106,733 | 17.7 | 106,277 | 17.8 | +/- 0.8 |
| 20 to 29 | 136,602 | 25.5 | 152,935 | 25.4 | 161,154 | 26.9 | +/- 1.0 |
| 30 to 44 | 96,962 | 18.1 | 116,926 | 19.4 | 117,523 | 19.6 | +/- 0.9 |
| 45 to 59 | 24,286 | 4.5 | 33,656 | 5.6 | 31,871 | 5.3 | +/- 0.4 |
| 60 or more | 20,336 | 3.8 | 27,590 | 4.6 | 21,948 | 3.7 | +/- 0.5 |
| Mean travel time (minutes) | 21.3 | (X) | 23.4 | (X) | 22.5 | (X) | +/- 0.64 |
| Departure Time to Work1 | |||||||
| Workers (Did not work at home) | 534,760 | 100.0 | 602,840 | 100.0 | 598,196 | 100.0 | --- |
| 5:00 - 5:59 a.m. | 39,657 | 7.4 | 46,161 | 7.7 | 46,138 | 7.7 | +/- 0.5 |
| 6:00 - 6:59 a.m. | 101,980 | 19.1 | 108,161 | 17.9 | 110,327 | 18.4 | +/- 0.8 |
| 7:00 - 7:59 a.m. | 164,870 | 30.8 | 183,853 | 30.5 | 166,061 | 27.8 | +/- 1.0 |
| 8:00 - 8:59 a.m. | 85,574 | 16.0 | 93,891 | 15.6 | 97,767 | 16.3 | +/- 0.8 |
| 9:00 - 10:59 a.m. | 34,891 | 6.5 | 43,890 | 7.3 | 42,268 | 7.1 | +/- 0.5 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 49,472 | 9.3 | 52,235 | 8.7 | 50,726 | 8.5 | +/- 0.6 |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. | 58,316 | 10.9 | 74,649 | 12.4 | 84,909 | 14.2 | +/- 0.9 |
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 | 23.4 | 602,840 | 75,160 | 196,570 | 152,950 | 116,925 | 33,665 | 27,605 |
| 2005 | 22.5 | 598,196 | 76,324 | 189,376 | 161,154 | 117,523 | 31,871 | 21,948 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.64 | +/-7,270 | +/-4,276 | +/-6,733 | +/-6,203 | +/-5,424 | +/-2,558 | +/-2,715 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 22.9 | 505,010 | 59,490 | 168,375 | 134,255 | 97,245 | 25,995 | 19,670 |
| 2005 | 22.0 | 514,158 | 62,239 | 168,834 | 141,220 | 99,396 | 26,158 | 16,311 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.64 | +/-7,881 | +/-4,203 | +/-6,297 | +/-5,758 | +/-5,087 | +/-2,538 | +/-2,232 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 25.4 | 56,565 | 6,644 | 17,305 | 13,075 | 11,807 | 4,341 | 3,397 |
| 2005 | 23.7 | 49,211 | 6,297 | 12,536 | 13,081 | 11,508 | 4,054 | 1,735 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-2.7 | +/-3,810 | +/-1,367 | +/-1,945 | +/-1,870 | +/-1,912 | +/-946 | +/-632 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 31.9 | 13,310 | 1,258 | 3,514 | 2,553 | 2,834 | 1,435 | 1,678 |
| 2005 | 30.6 | 10,996 | 804 | 2,224 | 2,502 | 3,528 | 781 | 1,157 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-8.79 | +/-2,113 | +/-430 | +/-735 | +/-875 | +/-1,222 | +/-462 | +/-506 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 37.5 | 11,017 | 265 | 2,116 | 1,747 | 3,561 | 1,414 | 1,910 |
| 2005 | 42.5 | 9,809 | SSS | 1,756 | 2,806 | 2,139 | 752 | 1,934 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-17.28 | +/-1,771 | SSS | +/-550 | +/-964 | +/-891 | +/-326 | +/-911 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 34.3 | 281 | 15 | 58 | 22 | 90 | 66 | 23 |
| 2005 | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | |
| 2005 MOE | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 17.7 | 16,670 | 7,513 | 5,223 | 1,262 | 1,389 | 376 | 896 |
| 2005 | 16.6 | 13,855 | 6,562 | 3,967 | 1,437 | 952 | SSS | 811 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-5.14 | +/-2,283 | +/-1,699 | +/-1,028 | +/-652 | +/-478 | SSS | +/-536 |
(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 | 23.4 | 100.0 | 12.5 | 32.6 | 25.4 | 19.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| 2005 | 22.5 | 100.0 | 12.8 | 31.7 | 26.9 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 3.7 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.64 | ***** | +/-1.2 | +/-1.2 | +/-1.2 | +/-1.2 | +/-1.2 | +/-1.2 | |
| Drove alone | 2000 | 22.9 | 100.0 | 11.8 | 33.3 | 26.6 | 19.3 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 22.0 | 100.0 | 12.1 | 32.8 | 27.5 | 19.3 | 5.1 | 3.2 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-0.64 | ***** | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | +/-1.5 | |
| 2-person carpool | 2000 | 25.4 | 100.0 | 11.7 | 30.6 | 23.1 | 20.9 | 7.7 | 6.0 |
| 2005 | 23.7 | 100.0 | 12.8 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 23.4 | 8.2 | 3.5 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-2.7 | ***** | +/-7.7 | +/-7.7 | +/-7.7 | +/-7.7 | +/-7.7 | +/-7.7 | |
| 3+ carpool | 2000 | 31.9 | 100.0 | 9.5 | 26.4 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| 2005 | 30.6 | 100.0 | 7.3 | 20.2 | 22.8 | 32.1 | 7.1 | 10.5 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-8.79 | ***** | +/-19.2 | +/-19.2 | +/-19.1 | +/-18.9 | +/-19.2 | +/-19.2 | |
| Bus or trolley bus | 2000 | 37.5 | 100.0 | 2.4 | 19.2 | 15.9 | 32.3 | 12.8 | 17.3 |
| 2005 | 42.5 | 100.0 | SSS | 17.9 | 28.6 | 21.8 | 7.7 | 19.7 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-17.28 | ***** | SSS | +/-18.0 | +/-17.8 | +/-17.9 | +/-18.1 | +/-18.0 | |
| All other transit3 | 2000 | 34.3 | 100.0 | 5.3 | 20.6 | 7.8 | 32.0 | 23.5 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | SSS | 100.0 | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | |
| 2005 MOE | SSS | ***** | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | SSS | |
| All other modes4 | 2000 | 17.7 | 100.0 | 45.1 | 31.3 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.4 |
| 2005 | 16.6 | 100.0 | 47.4 | 28.6 | 10.4 | 6.9 | SSS | 5.9 | |
| 2005 MOE | +/-5.14 | ***** | +/-15.4 | +/-16.3 | +/-16.5 | +/-16.5 | SSS | +/-16.5 |
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.
