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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Boulder city, Colorado


Download an Excel file* of this document: boulder_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 83,312 94,673 x x
Total Persons in Household 75,736 87,194 83,432 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,382 53,828 46,261 3,544
Total Workers, Place of Work 73,650 90,720 84,670 4,613
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.59 1.69 1.83 0.23

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 73,650 100.0 90,720 100.0 294 84,670 100.0 4,613 Yes
Drove alone 50,911 69.1 62,925 69.4 695 59,498 70.3 3,976 No
2-person carpool 7,435 10.1 8,210 9.0 414 7,118 8.4 1,609 No
3-person carpool 833 1.1 1,160 1.3 162 870 1.0 528 No
4-or-more-person carpool 480 0.7 575 0.6 114 213 0.3 176 Yes
Public Transportation 2,610 3.5 5,055 5.6 331 4,823 5.7 933 No
Walked 5,071 6.9 4,910 5.4 326 3,116 3.7 1,017 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,944 5.4 4,405 4.9 310 4,126 4.9 951 No
Worked at home 2,366 3.2 3,490 3.8 277 4,906 5.8 997 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,284 100.0 87,230 100.0 396 79,764 100.0 4,389 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 11,283 15.8 11,100 12.7 473 8,793 11.0 1,677 Yes
10 to 14 13,878 19.5 14,635 16.8 532 11,760 14.7 1,812 Yes
15 to 19 13,233 18.6 14,760 16.9 534 13,658 17.1 1,508 No
20 to 24 10,378 14.6 13,020 14.9 507 11,886 14.9 1,616 No
25 to 29 4,163 5.8 5,100 5.8 332 5,915 7.4 1,482 No
30 to 34 8,372 11.7 11,745 13.5 485 11,158 14.0 1,754 No
35 to 44 3,939 5.5 6,230 7.1 365 7,387 9.3 1,605 No
45 to 59 3,763 5.3 6,230 7.1 365 6,528 8.2 1,240 No
60 or more 2,275 3.2 4,405 5.0 310 2,679 3.4 765 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.3 (X) 23.5 (X) NA 22.0 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,284 100.0 87,230 100.0 396 79,764 100.0 4,389 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,006 2.8 2,470 2.8 235 2,058 2.6 670 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,079 4.3 3,420 3.9 275 4,357 5.5 1,487 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,228 8.7 6,825 7.8 381 4,403 5.5 1,238 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,501 11.9 10,150 11.6 455 8,674 10.9 1,265 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,584 19.1 15,075 17.3 538 13,947 17.5 1,599 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,639 16.3 14,660 16.8 532 14,118 17.7 2,053 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,058 8.5 8,175 9.4 413 9,596 12.0 1,442 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 19,378 27.2 24,315 27.9 643 21,648 27.1 2,257 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 811 1.1 1,185 1.4 164 963 1.2 469 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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