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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Alachua County, Florida

Download an Excel file* of this document: alachua_county_florida.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 181,596 217,955 x x
Total Persons in Household 170,802 205,107 210,323 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 83,897 102,713 103,882 3,742
Total Workers, Place of Work 93,006 115,320 122,202 4,822
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.11 1.12 1.18 0.07

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 93,006 100.0 115,320 100.0 NA 122,202 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 67,194 72.2 86,900 75.4 0.6 93,149 76.2 2.4 No
2-person carpool 11,896 12.8 12,795 11.1 0.4 12,466 10.2 1.4 No
3-person carpool 1,395 1.5 1,890 1.6 0.2 2,163 1.8 1.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 742 0.8 815 0.7 0.1 1,154 0.9 0.5 No
Public Transportation 1,462 1.6 2,484 2.2 0.2 3,158 2.6 1.0 No
Walked 3,647 3.9 3,230 2.8 0.2 3,368 2.8 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,446 4.8 3,915 3.4 0.3 3,007 2.5 0.8 Yes
Worked at home 2,224 2.4 3,295 2.9 0.2 3,737 3.1 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 90,782 100.0 112,025 100.0 NA 118,465 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,264 14.6 14,565 13.0 0.5 13,073 11.0 1.6 Yes
10 to 14 15,837 17.4 18,690 16.7 0.5 15,956 13.5 1.8 Yes
15 to 19 19,443 21.4 21,835 19.5 0.6 24,224 20.4 2.2 No
20 to 24 14,450 15.9 17,785 15.9 0.5 22,209 18.7 2.2 Yes
25 to 29 4,467 4.9 6,495 5.8 0.3 6,909 5.8 1.3 No
30 to 34 10,878 12.0 13,510 12.1 0.5 13,935 11.8 1.6 No
35 to 44 3,962 4.4 5,165 4.6 0.3 5,535 4.7 1.1 No
45 to 59 5,507 6.1 7,835 7.0 0.4 9,450 8.0 1.4 No
60 or more 2,974 3.3 6,150 5.5 0.3 7,174 6.1 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.4 (X) 23.7 (X) NA 23.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 90,782 100.0 112,025 100.0 NA 118,465 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,028 2.2 3,445 3.1 0.2 3,693 3.1 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,751 3.0 3,760 3.4 0.3 7,204 6.1 1.9 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,478 8.2 9,735 8.7 0.4 13,061 11.0 2.0 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,896 13.1 14,215 12.7 0.5 16,208 13.7 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 18,472 20.3 20,875 18.6 0.6 17,502 14.8 1.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 14,609 16.1 16,340 14.6 0.5 14,255 12.0 1.6 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,397 8.1 7,840 7.0 0.4 10,001 8.4 1.3 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 24,636 27.1 32,780 29.3 0.6 33,480 28.3 2.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,515 1.7 2,175 1.9 0.2 3,061 2.6 1.0 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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