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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Baltimore County, Maryland


Download an Excel file* of this document: baltimore_county_maryland.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 692,134 754,292 x x
Total Persons in Household 678,424 736,652 767,597 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 360,170 373,496 375,795 5,794
Total Workers, Place of Work 318,677 341,675 345,749 9,142
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.88 0.91 0.92 0.04

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 318,677 100.0 341,675 100.0 2,067 345,749 100.0 9,142 No
Drove alone 242,957 76.2 268,185 78.5 1,988 274,776 79.5 8,492 No
2-person carpool 33,633 10.6 30,695 9.0 821 25,392 7.3 3,153 Yes
3-person carpool 5,194 1.6 4,540 1.3 321 4,080 1.2 1,280 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,312 1.0 2,690 0.8 248 3,131 0.9 1,871 No
Public Transportation 13,988 4.4 13,960 4.1 560 16,231 4.7 2,956 No
Walked 8,533 2.7 7,860 2.3 422 4,602 1.3 1,005 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,297 1.0 3,405 1.0 278 4,434 1.3 1,190 No
Worked at home 7,763 2.4 10,350 3.0 483 13,103 3.8 2,264 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,914 100.0 331,325 100.0 2,061 332,646 100.0 8,647 No
Less than 10 minutes 32,520 10.5 30,515 9.2 818 28,285 8.5 2,858 No
10 to 14 41,621 13.4 39,805 12.0 929 36,025 10.8 2,941 Yes
15 to 19 47,348 15.2 46,390 14.0 998 48,747 14.7 4,099 No
20 to 24 48,639 15.6 50,405 15.2 1,037 54,676 16.4 3,775 Yes
25 to 29 24,511 7.9 24,685 7.5 739 24,725 7.4 3,019 No
30 to 34 49,601 16.0 51,865 15.7 1,051 50,336 15.1 3,930 No
35 to 44 25,759 8.3 28,215 8.5 788 29,848 9.0 3,677 No
45 to 59 25,112 8.1 31,615 9.5 832 31,568 9.5 3,445 No
60 or more 15,803 5.1 27,835 8.4 783 28,436 8.5 2,754 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.4 (X) 28.4 (X) NA 26.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,914 100.0 331,325 100.0 2,061 332,646 100.0 8,647 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 11,709 3.8 15,085 4.6 581 19,021 5.7 2,339 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 17,153 5.5 17,935 5.4 633 20,235 6.1 2,712 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 32,518 10.5 30,320 9.2 816 27,905 8.4 2,934 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 39,372 12.7 38,055 11.5 909 41,491 12.5 3,953 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 47,500 15.3 52,355 15.8 1,055 46,605 14.0 3,595 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 48,316 15.5 49,195 14.8 1,025 43,832 13.2 4,062 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 32,051 10.3 26,950 8.1 771 34,242 10.3 2,843 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 77,481 24.9 88,130 26.6 1,334 93,193 28.0 5,022 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,814 1.5 6,325 1.9 379 6,122 1.8 1,148 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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