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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Norfolk city County, Virginia


Download an Excel file* of this document: norfolk_city_county_virginia.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 261,229 234,403 x x
Total Persons in Household 228,197 211,114 206,172 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 130,549 112,083 93,246 2,781
Total Workers, Place of Work 213,956 185,265 169,290 6,531
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.64 1.65 1.82 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 213,956 100.0 185,265 100.0 870 169,290 100.0 6,531 Yes
Drove alone 142,952 66.8 141,810 76.5 1,045 142,179 84.0 5,987 No
2-person carpool 23,431 11.0 18,180 9.8 572 13,202 7.8 1,776 Yes
3-person carpool 3,471 1.6 2,800 1.5 232 1,941 1.1 641 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,418 1.1 1,290 0.7 158 1,688 1.0 687 No
Public Transportation 5,811 2.7 4,568 2.5 295 2,607 1.5 787 Yes
Walked 7,316 3.4 7,205 3.9 369 2,749 1.6 717 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,856 2.3 5,120 2.8 312 2,338 1.4 702 Yes
Worked at home 23,701 11.1 4,285 2.3 286 2,586 1.5 1,203 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 190,255 100.0 180,980 100.0 896 166,704 100.0 6,572 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 15,723 8.3 16,795 9.3 551 12,667 7.6 1,988 Yes
10 to 14 20,293 10.7 20,055 11.1 598 16,149 9.7 2,083 Yes
15 to 19 29,660 15.6 28,255 15.6 696 24,755 14.8 2,806 Yes
20 to 24 33,793 17.8 34,565 19.1 758 31,033 18.6 2,967 Yes
25 to 29 13,948 7.3 14,980 8.3 523 12,331 7.4 1,609 Yes
30 to 34 37,305 19.6 33,205 18.3 745 28,402 17.0 2,709 Yes
35 to 44 13,768 7.2 12,130 6.7 473 15,391 9.2 2,056 Yes
45 to 59 16,519 8.7 11,765 6.5 467 15,241 9.1 2,323 Yes
60 or more 9,246 4.9 9,235 5.1 416 10,735 6.4 1,848 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.1 (X) 26.0 (X) NA 26.9 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 190,255 100.0 180,980 100.0 896 166,704 100.0 6,572 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,651 9.3 17,490 9.7 562 19,713 11.8 2,711 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 19,695 10.4 18,440 10.2 575 14,219 8.5 2,134 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 25,659 13.5 24,220 13.4 650 19,386 11.6 1,819 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 25,710 13.5 23,250 12.8 639 20,529 12.3 2,515 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,459 13.9 24,805 13.7 657 23,209 13.9 2,881 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,454 10.8 20,005 11.1 597 18,206 10.9 1,990 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,433 6.5 8,570 4.7 401 11,445 6.9 1,923 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 37,414 19.7 36,740 20.3 777 34,141 20.5 3,127 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,780 2.5 5,425 3.0 321 5,856 3.5 1,263 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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