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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Edison CDP, New Jersey


Download an Excel file* of this document: edison_cdp_new_jersey.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 88,680 97,687 x x
Total Persons in Household 86,731 95,587 99,612 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 48,704 49,244 50,480 4,300
Total Workers, Place of Work 68,850 68,190 67,811 5,194
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.41 1.38 1.34 0.28

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 68,850 100.0 68,190 100.0 633 67,811 100.0 5,194 No
Drove alone 55,970 81.3 54,275 79.6 686 54,420 80.3 4,083 No
2-person carpool 6,810 9.9 6,260 9.2 338 4,713 7.0 1,228 Yes
3-person carpool 1,248 1.8 1,330 2.0 160 2,518 3.7 1,442 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,203 1.7 1,575 2.3 174 1,658 2.4 1,077 No
Public Transportation 1,404 2.0 1,909 2.8 191 1,830 2.7 934 No
Walked 842 1.2 1,150 1.7 149 601 0.9 455 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 679 1.0 800 1.2 124 1,214 1.8 870 No
Worked at home 694 1.0 890 1.3 131 857 1.3 397 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,156 100.0 67,300 100.0 639 66,954 100.0 5,207 No
Less than 10 minutes 5,788 8.5 5,355 8.0 314 6,666 10.0 1,509 No
10 to 14 7,813 11.5 7,045 10.5 357 7,082 10.6 1,889 No
15 to 19 10,751 15.8 9,915 14.7 417 9,861 14.7 2,359 No
20 to 24 10,302 15.1 9,260 13.8 404 10,154 15.2 1,969 No
25 to 29 4,379 6.4 4,210 6.3 280 4,409 6.6 1,460 No
30 to 34 11,042 16.2 10,690 15.9 431 9,941 14.8 1,882 No
35 to 44 5,400 7.9 5,750 8.5 325 3,893 5.8 1,058 Yes
45 to 59 6,469 9.5 7,375 11.0 364 5,861 8.8 1,160 Yes
60 or more 6,212 9.1 7,710 11.5 372 9,087 13.6 1,645 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.0 (X) 30.1 (X) NA 30.0 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,156 100.0 67,300 100.0 639 66,954 100.0 5,207 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,599 3.8 2,920 4.3 235 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,817 4.1 2,960 4.4 236 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,864 10.1 6,085 9.0 333 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,467 11.0 6,540 9.7 345 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,348 15.2 10,265 15.3 423 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,393 16.7 9,705 14.4 413 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,254 12.1 7,010 10.4 356 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,968 24.9 19,055 28.3 547 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,446 2.1 1,580 2.3 174 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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