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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Hartford County, Connecticut


Download an Excel file* of this document: hartford_county_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 851,783 857,183 x x
Total Persons in Household 827,887 830,338 850,068 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 432,836 403,863 402,667 6,173
Total Workers, Place of Work 521,109 478,125 477,149 8,201
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.20 1.18 1.18 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 521,109 100.0 478,125 100.0 2,030 477,149 100.0 8,201 No
Drove alone 412,627 79.2 398,445 83.3 2,038 405,235 84.9 7,783 No
2-person carpool 48,877 9.4 35,365 7.4 813 28,176 5.9 2,476 Yes
3-person carpool 6,613 1.3 4,480 0.9 295 3,133 0.7 907 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 7,092 1.4 3,510 0.7 261 4,396 0.9 1,208 No
Public Transportation 20,627 4.0 14,795 3.1 532 13,264 2.8 2,164 No
Walked 13,490 2.6 8,565 1.8 406 5,420 1.1 1,303 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,920 0.8 3,215 0.7 250 5,596 1.2 1,266 Yes
Worked at home 7,863 1.5 9,745 2.0 433 11,929 2.5 1,539 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 513,246 100.0 468,380 100.0 2,035 465,220 100.0 8,111 No
Less than 10 minutes 63,940 12.5 55,440 11.8 1,005 54,284 11.7 3,505 No
10 to 14 76,707 14.9 69,605 14.9 1,116 63,507 13.7 3,391 Yes
15 to 19 87,684 17.1 78,535 16.8 1,179 78,864 17.0 4,466 No
20 to 24 83,852 16.3 78,900 16.8 1,181 72,913 15.7 4,656 Yes
25 to 29 36,010 7.0 34,320 7.3 801 39,623 8.5 3,954 Yes
30 to 34 72,204 14.1 63,640 13.6 1,071 65,180 14.0 4,310 No
35 to 44 35,822 7.0 32,975 7.0 786 33,207 7.1 3,187 No
45 to 59 36,530 7.1 30,420 6.5 756 31,402 6.7 2,889 No
60 or more 20,497 4.0 24,545 5.2 682 26,240 5.6 2,803 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 23.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 513,246 100.0 468,380 100.0 2,035 465,220 100.0 8,111 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 16,350 3.2 19,790 4.2 614 23,120 5.0 3,106 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 26,672 5.2 22,870 4.9 659 24,978 5.4 2,974 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 64,737 12.6 49,255 10.5 951 50,890 10.9 4,207 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 74,198 14.5 63,150 13.5 1,068 64,509 13.9 4,838 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 93,846 18.3 87,560 18.7 1,238 79,663 17.1 4,530 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 79,352 15.5 70,515 15.1 1,123 63,412 13.6 3,365 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 43,606 8.5 32,760 7.0 784 41,902 9.0 2,911 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 106,901 20.8 104,000 22.2 1,334 106,453 22.9 5,080 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 7,584 1.5 9,420 2.0 426 10,293 2.2 1,682 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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