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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Montgomery County, Texas


Download an Excel file* of this document: montgomery_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 182,201 293,768 x x
Total Persons in Household 180,602 292,077 376,051 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 82,031 134,118 170,033 5,153
Total Workers, Place of Work 51,807 95,075 127,482 5,733
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.63 0.71 0.75 0.06

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 51,807 100.0 95,075 100.0 1,026 127,482 100.0 5,733 Yes
Drove alone 39,831 76.9 73,990 77.8 952 99,484 78.0 4,716 Yes
2-person carpool 6,025 11.6 9,975 10.5 397 11,776 9.2 2,341 No
3-person carpool 1,216 2.3 2,155 2.3 187 3,966 3.1 1,745 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 767 1.5 1,795 1.9 171 1,417 1.1 667 No
Public Transportation 84 0.2 200 0.2 57 331 0.3 252 No
Walked 1,041 2.0 1,240 1.3 142 959 0.8 548 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 646 1.2 1,350 1.4 148 1,956 1.5 972 No
Worked at home 2,197 4.2 4,370 4.6 265 7,593 6.0 1,539 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 49,610 100.0 90,705 100.0 1,013 119,889 100.0 5,493 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 8,766 17.7 12,210 13.5 438 17,143 14.3 2,838 Yes
10 to 14 8,721 17.6 14,400 15.9 473 16,453 13.7 2,488 No
15 to 19 8,658 17.5 15,570 17.2 491 19,218 16.0 2,743 Yes
20 to 24 6,605 13.3 12,405 13.7 441 16,390 13.7 2,222 Yes
25 to 29 2,275 4.6 3,990 4.4 254 7,323 6.1 1,827 Yes
30 to 34 6,533 13.2 12,945 14.3 450 16,876 14.1 2,436 Yes
35 to 44 2,099 4.2 4,800 5.3 278 7,774 6.5 1,531 Yes
45 to 59 3,144 6.3 7,120 7.8 337 10,089 8.4 1,825 Yes
60 or more 2,809 5.7 7,260 8.0 340 8,623 7.2 1,847 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.6 (X) 25.4 (X) NA 23.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 49,610 100.0 90,705 100.0 1,013 119,889 100.0 5,493 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,281 4.6 4,490 5.0 269 6,591 5.5 1,356 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,993 6.0 4,505 5.0 269 7,083 5.9 1,818 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,208 10.5 9,915 10.9 396 11,277 9.4 1,882 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,262 14.6 12,510 13.8 443 15,209 12.7 2,491 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,035 20.2 16,260 17.9 501 23,503 19.6 3,256 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,041 14.2 12,290 13.5 439 14,280 11.9 2,461 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,227 6.5 6,070 6.7 312 9,365 7.8 1,891 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,715 21.6 21,760 24.0 574 29,104 24.3 3,332 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 848 1.7 2,120 2.3 186 3,477 2.9 1,025 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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