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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Columbia CDP, Maryland


Download an Excel file* of this document: columbia_cdp_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 75,883 88,254 x x
Total Persons in Household 75,583 86,886 93,637 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,320 50,175 51,836 2,744
Total Workers, Place of Work 34,700 45,015 49,036 3,760
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.75 0.90 0.95 0.14

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 34,700 100.0 45,015 100.0 710 49,036 100.0 3,760 Yes
Drove alone 28,375 81.8 36,995 82.2 701 39,881 81.3 3,563 No
2-person carpool 3,185 9.2 3,290 7.3 269 3,819 7.8 1,096 No
3-person carpool 408 1.2 525 1.2 109 1,233 2.5 1,061 No
4-or-more-person carpool 336 1.0 510 1.1 108 490 1.0 334 No
Public Transportation 294 0.8 355 0.8 90 284 0.6 250 No
Walked 550 1.6 690 1.5 125 385 0.8 344 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 273 0.8 390 0.9 94 516 1.1 381 No
Worked at home 1,279 3.7 2,265 5.0 225 2,428 5.0 853 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 33,421 100.0 42,750 100.0 710 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,424 13.2 4,375 10.2 308 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 5,582 16.7 5,970 14.0 357 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 5,058 15.1 6,150 14.4 362 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 4,160 12.4 5,505 12.9 344 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,900 5.7 2,760 6.5 247 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 4,276 12.8 6,510 15.2 371 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 2,977 8.9 3,825 8.9 289 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 3,219 9.6 4,165 9.7 301 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,825 5.5 3,485 8.2 277 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.9 (X) 27.4 (X) NA 24.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 33,421 100.0 42,750 100.0 710 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 638 1.9 775 1.8 133 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,016 3.0 1,390 3.3 177 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,038 6.1 2,930 6.9 255 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,370 10.1 4,470 10.5 312 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,859 17.5 6,845 16.0 380 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,557 19.6 8,255 19.3 414 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,713 14.1 5,220 12.2 335 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 8,959 26.8 11,955 28.0 486 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 271 0.8 485 1.1 105 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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