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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Danbury city, Connecticut


Download an Excel file* of this document: danbury_city_connecticut.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 65,585 74,848 x x
Total Persons in Household 62,681 71,720 72,312 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 34,907 39,448 40,135 5,728
Total Workers, Place of Work 44,875 46,350 45,256 4,453
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.29 1.17 1.13 0.36

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 44,875 100.0 46,350 100.0 586 45,256 100.0 4,453 No
Drove alone 37,783 84.2 38,380 82.8 604 36,066 79.7 3,494 No
2-person carpool 3,937 8.8 3,575 7.7 258 3,698 8.2 1,274 No
3-person carpool 428 1.0 675 1.5 114 911 2.0 631 No
4-or-more-person carpool 467 1.0 470 1.0 95 641 1.4 506 No
Public Transportation 407 0.9 920 2.0 133 279 0.6 279 Yes
Walked 894 2.0 825 1.8 126 1,901 4.2 1,899 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 248 0.6 385 0.8 86 606 1.3 411 No
Worked at home 711 1.6 1,120 2.4 147 1,154 2.5 497 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,164 100.0 45,230 100.0 591 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,454 14.6 5,355 11.8 311 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 8,474 19.2 8,660 19.1 386 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 9,143 20.7 7,965 17.6 372 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 6,047 13.7 6,055 13.4 329 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 2,199 5.0 2,320 5.1 209 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 4,303 9.7 5,430 12.0 313 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 2,708 6.1 3,025 6.7 238 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 2,886 6.5 3,605 8.0 259 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,950 4.4 2,815 6.2 230 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.1 (X) 24.4 (X) NA 24.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,164 100.0 45,230 100.0 591 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,037 2.3 1,225 2.7 153 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,671 3.8 1,655 3.7 178 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,054 9.2 3,905 8.6 269 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 5,446 12.3 5,885 13.0 325 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 8,529 19.3 8,075 17.9 375 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,567 17.1 7,635 16.9 365 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,329 9.8 4,095 9.1 275 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,975 24.9 11,040 24.4 428 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 556 1.3 630 1.4 110 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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