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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Aurora city, Colorado


Download an Excel file* of this document: aurora_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 222,110 276,393 x x
Total Persons in Household 219,814 274,304 291,317 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 121,471 142,136 143,869 6,415
Total Workers, Place of Work 81,907 91,530 102,153 5,054
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.67 0.64 0.71 0.07

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 81,907 100.0 91,530 100.0 1,183 102,153 100.0 5,054 Yes
Drove alone 61,548 75.1 70,800 77.4 1,097 82,349 80.6 4,917 Yes
2-person carpool 8,926 10.9 9,060 9.9 448 7,513 7.4 1,666 No
3-person carpool 1,205 1.5 1,585 1.7 190 955 0.9 545 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 320 0.4 725 0.8 129 709 0.7 456 No
Public Transportation 1,888 2.3 2,210 2.4 224 2,173 2.1 576 No
Walked 3,835 4.7 1,995 2.2 213 3,008 2.9 1,163 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 719 0.9 820 0.9 137 1,053 1.0 675 No
Worked at home 3,466 4.2 4,330 4.7 312 4,393 4.3 921 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 78,441 100.0 87,200 100.0 1,168 97,760 100.0 5,076 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 12,420 15.8 10,530 12.1 481 11,077 11.3 2,161 No
10 to 14 14,612 18.6 13,190 15.1 536 15,419 15.8 2,512 No
15 to 19 15,114 19.3 14,965 17.2 569 15,990 16.4 2,152 No
20 to 24 12,473 15.9 12,855 14.7 529 14,589 14.9 2,441 No
25 to 29 4,393 5.6 5,045 5.8 337 6,080 6.2 1,348 No
30 to 34 8,655 11.0 12,870 14.8 530 15,509 15.9 2,759 No
35 to 44 4,149 5.3 5,750 6.6 359 6,538 6.7 1,402 No
45 to 59 3,906 5.0 6,670 7.6 386 8,190 8.4 1,802 No
60 or more 2,719 3.5 5,325 6.1 346 4,368 4.5 1,172 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.3 (X) 24.9 (X) NA 22.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 78,441 100.0 87,200 100.0 1,168 97,760 100.0 5,076 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,582 5.8 4,535 5.2 319 4,812 4.9 1,408 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,063 7.7 6,135 7.0 370 7,138 7.3 1,722 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,684 12.3 9,880 11.3 467 12,096 12.4 1,665 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,944 15.2 12,905 14.8 530 14,249 14.6 1,945 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,946 16.5 13,980 16.0 551 13,378 13.7 1,612 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,570 10.9 10,500 12.0 481 12,718 13.0 2,280 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,878 6.2 5,280 6.1 344 8,503 8.7 2,241 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,198 23.2 20,810 23.9 663 21,952 22.5 2,379 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,576 2.0 2,325 2.7 230 2,914 3.0 810 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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