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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Allentown city, Pennsylvania


Download an Excel file* of this document: allentown_city_pennsylvania.xls.

W1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS
MOE3
  Includes GQ Pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 105,090 106,632 x x
Total Persons in Household 101,064 101,636 105,231 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 48,896 45,221 44,066 3,389
Total Workers, Place of Work 67,534 55,625 51,930 3,825
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.38 1.23 1.18 0.13

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 67,534 100.0 55,625 100.0 720 51,930 100.0 3,825 No
Drove alone 51,955 76.9 44,600 80.2 711 41,071 79.1 2,857 Yes
2-person carpool 6,820 10.1 4,490 8.1 289 4,469 8.6 1,199 No
3-person carpool 860 1.3 700 1.3 116 115 0.2 124 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 461 0.7 405 0.7 89 632 1.2 403 No
Public Transportation 1,503 2.2 989 1.8 138 1,573 3.0 746 No
Walked 4,250 6.3 3,080 5.5 241 3,316 6.4 1,244 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 594 0.9 495 0.9 98 453 0.9 373 No
Worked at home 1,091 1.6 865 1.6 129 301 0.6 221 Yes
 

W3. TRAVEL TIME TO WORK (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,443 100.0 54,760 100.0 720 51,629 100.0 3,846 No
Less than 10 minutes 10,170 15.3 7,715 14.1 373 6,196 12.0 1,611 No
10 to 14 13,131 19.8 9,640 17.6 413 8,286 16.0 1,360 No
15 to 19 13,973 21.0 10,255 18.7 425 8,844 17.1 1,542 No
20 to 24 11,412 17.2 9,670 17.7 414 8,438 16.3 1,558 No
25 to 29 4,112 6.2 3,600 6.6 260 3,607 7.0 909 No
30 to 34 6,640 10.0 5,895 10.8 329 8,143 15.8 1,666 Yes
35 to 44 2,486 3.7 2,290 4.2 209 3,014 5.8 778 No
45 to 59 2,412 3.6 2,610 4.8 223 2,404 4.7 718 No
60 or more 2,107 3.2 3,080 5.6 241 2,697 5.2 743 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.2 (X) 22.4 (X) NA 22.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,443 100.0 54,760 100.0 720 51,629 100.0 3,846 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,773 2.7 2,300 4.2 209 1,840 3.6 634 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,073 4.6 2,825 5.2 231 2,645 5.1 863 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,434 12.7 6,450 11.8 344 6,485 12.6 1,273 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,106 13.7 6,710 12.3 350 8,165 15.8 1,443 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,325 18.5 10,240 18.7 425 6,649 12.9 1,217 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,051 15.1 7,110 13.0 360 8,425 16.3 1,575 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,916 7.4 3,795 6.9 267 4,933 9.6 1,239 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,832 23.8 13,555 24.8 480 11,435 22.1 1,682 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 933 1.4 965 1.8 136 1,052 2.0 419 No

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. x: Cannot be calculated. NA: Not calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 1990 CTPP, 2000 CTPP, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, and 2005 ACS.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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