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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Hays County, Texas


Download an Excel file* of this document: hays_county_texas.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 65,614 97,589 x x
Total Persons in Household 59,462 89,950 115,030 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 30,326 49,578 58,983 2,193
Total Workers, Place of Work 22,248 36,500 46,403 3,615
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.73 0.74 0.79 0.10

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 22,248 100.0 36,500 100.0 612 46,403 100.0 3,615 Yes
Drove alone 15,732 70.7 26,525 72.7 562 34,875 75.2 3,249 Yes
2-person carpool 2,398 10.8 4,225 11.6 257 5,178 11.2 1,512 No
3-person carpool 471 2.1 690 1.9 106 257 0.6 221 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 311 1.4 535 1.5 93 835 1.8 849 No
Public Transportation 335 1.5 283 0.8 68 399 0.9 330 No
Walked 1,500 6.7 1,860 5.1 173 1,370 3.0 812 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 434 2.0 590 1.6 98 962 2.1 793 No
Worked at home 1,067 4.8 1,785 4.9 169 2,527 5.4 814 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 21,181 100.0 34,715 100.0 605 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,426 25.6 7,085 20.4 328 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 4,401 20.8 6,975 20.1 326 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,955 18.7 6,405 18.5 313 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,122 10.0 4,010 11.6 251 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 750 3.5 1,475 4.2 154 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,071 9.8 3,725 10.7 242 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 674 3.2 1,330 3.8 147 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 1,001 4.7 2,070 6.0 182 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 781 3.7 1,635 4.7 162 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.1 (X) 20.8 (X) NA 19.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 21,181 100.0 34,715 100.0 605 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 630 3.0 1,245 3.6 142 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 710 3.4 1,795 5.2 170 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,734 8.2 2,535 7.3 201 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,406 11.4 3,885 11.2 247 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,361 20.6 7,035 20.3 327 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,251 15.3 4,795 13.8 273 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,381 6.5 2,170 6.3 186 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 6,385 30.1 10,690 30.8 395 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 323 1.5 545 1.6 94 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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