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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: New Haven County, Connecticut


Download an Excel file* of this document: new_haven_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 804,219 824,008 x x
Total Persons in Household 778,494 796,334 817,828 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 398,221 388,050 392,593 7,016
Total Workers, Place of Work 366,397 362,125 368,075 9,556
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 0.93 0.94 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 366,397 100.0 362,125 100.0 1,989 368,075 100.0 9,556 No
Drove alone 289,003 78.9 291,955 80.6 1,916 303,600 82.5 8,531 Yes
2-person carpool 33,303 9.1 28,535 7.9 733 23,800 6.5 2,485 Yes
3-person carpool 4,301 1.2 4,045 1.1 280 1,939 0.5 718 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,026 0.8 2,970 0.8 240 1,893 0.5 1,152 No
Public Transportation 9,227 2.5 9,670 2.7 432 11,290 3.1 2,273 No
Walked 16,596 4.5 12,265 3.4 485 11,233 3.1 1,977 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,332 0.9 3,125 0.9 246 4,131 1.1 1,028 No
Worked at home 7,609 2.1 9,565 2.6 429 10,189 2.8 1,520 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 358,788 100.0 352,560 100.0 1,982 357,886 100.0 9,593 No
Less than 10 minutes 62,815 17.5 52,295 14.8 977 51,933 14.5 4,387 No
10 to 14 72,517 20.2 66,375 18.8 1,090 68,216 19.1 4,431 No
15 to 19 71,920 20.0 66,335 18.8 1,090 63,191 17.7 4,547 No
20 to 24 56,653 15.8 57,960 16.4 1,025 57,013 15.9 4,104 No
25 to 29 20,656 5.8 21,350 6.1 637 21,966 6.1 2,825 No
30 to 34 36,395 10.1 38,480 10.9 845 42,579 11.9 3,975 Yes
35 to 44 14,979 4.2 17,055 4.8 570 19,247 5.4 2,088 Yes
45 to 59 13,706 3.8 16,715 4.7 565 18,531 5.2 2,126 No
60 or more 9,147 2.5 15,995 4.5 553 15,210 4.2 1,945 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 21.0 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 358,788 100.0 352,560 100.0 1,982 357,886 100.0 9,593 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 10,711 3.0 13,315 3.8 505 13,509 3.8 2,032 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 15,234 4.2 16,660 4.7 564 20,608 5.8 2,568 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 38,633 10.8 34,555 9.8 803 33,009 9.2 3,070 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 41,696 11.6 40,945 11.6 871 44,165 12.3 3,542 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 59,281 16.5 59,730 16.9 1,039 51,470 14.4 4,232 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 60,202 16.8 55,130 15.6 1,001 53,232 14.9 3,510 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 38,094 10.6 28,995 8.2 738 36,006 10.1 2,852 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 89,615 25.0 89,340 25.3 1,246 98,440 27.5 5,840 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,322 1.5 7,105 2.0 370 7,447 2.1 1,752 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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