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2005 Transportation Profiles

Geographic Area¹: San Antonio, TX
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1	1990	2000	2005 ACS	2005 ACS MOE 3
Persons in Household	1,375,005	1,670,998	1,844,018	*****4
Households	487,073	601,265	645,237	+/-5,607
Persons per household	2.82	2.78	2.86	*****
	Includes GQ pop		Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons	1,407,745	1,711,703	na	na
Total Employed2	624,926	764,399	844,988	*****
Workers at Work	611,377	748,188	819,599	+/-8,939
Mode to work1	1990		2000		2005 ACS
	Includes GQ pop				Does not include GQ Pop
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	MOE (%)
Total Workers	611,377	100.0	748,188	100.0	819,599	100.0	---
Drove alone	454,526	74.3	569,977	76.2	652,117	79.6	+/- 0.9
2-person carpool	73,109	12.0	84,119	11.2	74,725	9.1	+/- 0.8
3-person carpool	11,707	1.9	16,304	2.2	14,966	1.8	+/- 0.3
4-person carpool	3,878	0.6	6,241	0.8	4,817	0.6	+/- 0.2
5-or-6-person carpool	1,993	0.3	3,169	0.4	1,553	0.2	+/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool	1,697	0.3	1,490	0.2	993	0.1	+/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus	20,590	3.4	19,565	2.6	17,246	2.1	+/- 0.5
Streetcar or trolley car	36	0.0	85	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Subway or elevated	0	0.0	98	0.0	134	0.0	+/- 0.0
Railroad	44	0.0	48	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Ferryboat	31	0.0	47	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Bicycle	945	0.2	1,050	0.1	1,215	0.1	+/- 0.1
Walked	21,483	3.5	17,655	2.4	10,610	1.3	+/- 0.3
Taxicab	274	0.0	431	0.1	349	0.0	+/- 0.0
Motorcycle	1,328	0.2	956	0.1	1,437	0.2	+/- 0.1
Other means	4,593	0.8	7,262	1.0	11,208	1.4	+/- 0.2
Worked at home	15,143	2.5	19,691	2.6	28,229	3.4	+/- 0.5
Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home)	596,234	100.0	728,497	100.0	791,370	100.0	---
Less than 5 minutes	19,045	3.2	17,782	2.4	25,387	3.2	+/- 0.4
5 to 9	55,901	9.4	62,298	8.6	67,128	8.5	+/- 0.7
10 to 14	82,940	13.9	95,668	13.1	100,210	12.7	+/- 0.8
15 to 19	111,395	18.7	124,857	17.1	130,118	16.4	+/- 0.7
20 to 29	148,693	24.9	178,659	24.5	192,029	24.3	+/- 0.9
30 to 44	121,582	20.4	162,102	22.3	178,225	22.5	+/- 1.1
45 to 59	31,175	5.2	46,920	6.4	54,863	6.9	+/- 0.5
60 or more	25,503	4.3	40,211	5.5	43,410	5.5	+/- 0.6
Mean travel time (minutes)	22.3	(X)	25.0	(X)	24.9	(X)	+/- 0.77
Departure Time to Work1
Workers (Did not work at home)	596,234	100.0	728,497	100.0	791,370	100.0	---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m.	34,489	5.8	45,716	6.3	61,177	7.7	+/- 0.6
6:00 - 6:59 a.m.	128,369	21.5	156,352	21.5	163,935	20.7	+/- 1.0
7:00 - 7:59 a.m.	210,196	35.3	247,653	34.0	245,434	31.0	+/- 1.1
8:00 - 8:59 a.m.	83,008	13.9	99,694	13.7	114,833	14.5	+/- 0.8
9:00 - 10:59 a.m.	42,902	7.2	54,465	7.5	65,746	8.3	+/- 0.7
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	44,344	7.4	51,046	7.0	59,667	7.5	+/- 0.6
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	52,926	8.9	73,571	10.1	80,578	10.2	+/- 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.

Geographic Area¹: San Antonio, TX
TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

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.