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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Arvada city, Colorado


Download an Excel file* of this document: arvada_city_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 89,090 102,153 x x
Total Persons in Household 88,677 101,402 104,766 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 47,877 53,713 52,526 3,493
Total Workers, Place of Work 21,164 27,130 29,164 2,992
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.44 0.51 0.56 0.10

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 21,164 100.0 27,130 100.0 675 29,164 100.0 2,992 No
Drove alone 15,697 74.2 20,345 75.0 610 23,755 81.5 2,624 Yes
2-person carpool 2,060 9.7 2,550 9.4 238 1,164 4.0 524 Yes
3-person carpool 266 1.3 485 1.8 105 48 0.2 81 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 99 0.5 264 1.0 78 319 1.1 326 No
Public Transportation 326 1.5 444 1.6 101 297 1.0 348 No
Walked 840 4.0 460 1.7 102 698 2.4 446 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 217 1.0 205 0.8 68 375 1.3 311 No
Worked at home 1,659 7.8 2,370 8.7 230 2,508 8.6 935 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,505 100.0 24,760 100.0 655 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,251 21.8 3,765 15.2 288 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 3,935 20.2 4,245 17.1 305 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,172 16.3 4,450 18.0 312 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,731 14.0 3,710 15.0 286 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,062 5.4 1,485 6.0 183 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,227 11.4 3,390 13.7 274 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 727 3.7 1,160 4.7 162 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 915 4.7 1,365 5.5 175 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 485 2.5 1,195 4.8 164 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 22.1 (X) NA 18.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,505 100.0 24,760 100.0 655 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 795 4.1 1,305 5.3 172 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 999 5.1 1,545 6.2 187 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,764 9.0 2,640 10.7 242 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,628 13.5 3,515 14.2 279 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,194 16.4 3,935 15.9 294 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 2,524 12.9 3,015 12.2 259 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,534 7.9 1,435 5.8 180 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,622 28.8 6,450 26.1 372 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 445 2.3 670 2.7 123 NA NA NA NA

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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