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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Las Vegas city, Nevada


Download an Excel file* of this document: las_vegas_city_nevada.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 258,295 478,434 x x
Total Persons in Household 254,193 470,249 538,653 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 128,882 210,806 252,002 9,725
Total Workers, Place of Work 164,374 222,120 293,446 10,149
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.28 1.05 1.16 0.08

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 164,374 100.0 222,120 100.0 1,650 293,446 100.0 10,149 Yes
Drove alone 123,344 75.0 164,300 74.0 1,571 230,619 78.6 8,784 Yes
2-person carpool 21,859 13.3 26,175 11.8 752 26,338 9.0 3,476 No
3-person carpool 2,906 1.8 4,300 1.9 312 4,868 1.7 1,671 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,810 1.1 2,330 1.0 230 3,133 1.1 1,610 No
Public Transportation 2,177 1.3 10,450 4.7 483 10,218 3.5 2,339 No
Walked 6,189 3.8 5,375 2.4 349 5,506 1.9 1,403 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,183 2.5 4,065 1.8 304 4,720 1.6 1,319 No
Worked at home 1,906 1.2 5,135 2.3 341 8,044 2.7 1,747 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 162,468 100.0 216,985 100.0 1,647 285,402 100.0 10,289 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 18,296 11.3 20,130 9.3 664 24,872 8.7 2,950 Yes
10 to 14 27,720 17.1 28,355 13.1 781 30,679 10.7 3,513 No
15 to 19 39,496 24.3 39,155 18.0 907 49,354 17.3 4,454 Yes
20 to 24 36,289 22.3 47,570 21.9 990 60,436 21.2 4,606 Yes
25 to 29 9,846 6.1 16,575 7.6 605 21,184 7.4 2,739 Yes
30 to 34 19,247 11.8 37,530 17.3 889 52,982 18.6 4,607 Yes
35 to 44 3,178 2.0 8,845 4.1 446 17,101 6.0 2,053 Yes
45 to 59 3,167 1.9 7,945 3.7 423 14,912 5.2 2,136 Yes
60 or more 5,229 3.2 10,885 5.0 493 13,882 4.9 2,833 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.8 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 23.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 162,468 100.0 216,985 100.0 1,647 285,402 100.0 10,289 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 10,740 6.6 15,310 7.1 582 26,647 9.3 3,072 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 10,505 6.5 14,480 6.7 567 17,522 6.1 2,118 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 14,850 9.1 20,710 9.5 673 26,834 9.4 3,470 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 18,679 11.5 23,950 11.0 721 31,702 11.1 3,524 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 23,885 14.7 30,385 14.0 807 33,216 11.6 3,487 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 17,809 11.0 23,730 10.9 718 32,512 11.4 3,809 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,227 6.3 11,855 5.5 514 16,816 5.9 2,410 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 48,654 29.9 65,380 30.1 1,136 85,307 29.9 5,072 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 7,119 4.4 9,150 4.2 453 14,846 5.2 2,435 Yes

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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