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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Arapahoe County, Colorado


Download an Excel file* of this document: arapahoe_county_colorado.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 391,511 487,967 x x
Total Persons in Household 388,399 483,120 524,207 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 210,862 260,271 265,997 4,753
Total Workers, Place of Work 194,142 265,300 254,701 8,714
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 1.02 0.96 0.05

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 194,142 100.0 265,300 100.0 1,664 254,701 100.0 8,714 Yes
Drove alone 153,614 79.1 214,560 80.9 1,658 209,848 82.4 8,548 No
2-person carpool 18,764 9.7 23,030 8.7 708 17,385 6.8 2,535 Yes
3-person carpool 2,479 1.3 3,820 1.4 294 1,881 0.7 646 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 935 0.5 1,560 0.6 189 1,314 0.5 622 No
Public Transportation 3,714 1.9 4,210 1.6 309 4,934 1.9 1,255 No
Walked 5,117 2.6 4,095 1.5 305 4,373 1.7 1,161 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,791 0.9 2,105 0.8 219 2,147 0.8 800 No
Worked at home 7,728 4.0 11,920 4.5 516 12,819 5.0 1,778 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 186,414 100.0 253,380 100.0 1,669 241,882 100.0 8,836 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 24,730 13.3 24,150 9.5 724 24,905 10.3 3,038 No
10 to 14 29,791 16.0 32,430 12.8 832 30,409 12.6 3,018 No
15 to 19 34,305 18.4 38,495 15.2 900 40,207 16.6 3,727 No
20 to 24 33,674 18.1 41,135 16.2 928 37,885 15.7 3,734 No
25 to 29 12,976 7.0 17,590 6.9 623 19,432 8.0 2,101 No
30 to 34 23,825 12.8 41,685 16.5 934 36,833 15.2 3,746 Yes
35 to 44 10,473 5.6 19,600 7.7 656 19,541 8.1 2,306 No
45 to 59 9,930 5.3 21,850 8.6 691 19,347 8.0 2,454 No
60 or more 6,710 3.6 16,440 6.5 603 13,323 5.5 2,961 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.5 (X) 26.3 (X) NA 23.5 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 186,414 100.0 253,380 100.0 1,669 241,882 100.0 8,836 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,041 4.3 11,645 4.6 510 10,011 4.1 2,091 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 10,841 5.8 15,485 6.1 586 15,946 6.6 2,410 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 21,470 11.5 28,130 11.1 779 28,794 11.9 2,789 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 30,699 16.5 38,870 15.3 904 32,347 13.4 3,149 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 36,425 19.5 45,825 18.1 974 37,469 15.5 3,318 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 24,741 13.3 35,150 13.9 864 37,616 15.6 3,648 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,581 6.7 16,620 6.6 606 21,362 8.8 2,311 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 38,607 20.7 52,965 20.9 1,039 53,521 22.1 4,044 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,009 1.6 4,600 1.8 323 4,816 2.0 1,102 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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