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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Alexandria city, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: alexandria_city_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 111,183 128,283 x x
Total Persons in Household 108,763 126,382 133,479 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 71,809 77,190 76,877 2,294
Total Workers, Place of Work 83,739 81,365 88,450 5,295
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.17 1.05 1.15 0.10

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 83,739 100.0 81,365 100.0 NA 88,450 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 58,981 70.4 58,615 72.0 0.7 60,166 68.0 2.1 Yes
2-person carpool 9,931 11.9 7,755 9.5 0.5 8,192 9.3 2.2 No
3-person carpool 2,033 2.4 1,635 2.0 0.2 1,926 2.2 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,542 1.8 1,250 1.5 0.2 842 1.0 0.5 Yes
Public Transportation 6,072 7.3 6,104 7.5 0.4 10,239 11.6 1.7 Yes
Walked 2,677 3.2 2,365 2.9 0.3 2,586 2.9 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 913 1.1 955 1.2 0.2 1,630 1.8 1.1 No
Worked at home 1,590 1.9 2,690 3.3 0.3 2,869 3.2 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,149 100.0 78,675 100.0 NA 85,581 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,046 7.4 4,915 6.2 0.4 5,905 6.9 1.7 No
10 to 14 8,187 10.0 7,435 9.5 0.5 6,980 8.2 1.7 No
15 to 19 10,614 12.9 9,420 12.0 0.5 10,032 11.7 2.0 No
20 to 24 10,901 13.3 10,940 13.9 0.5 10,443 12.2 1.9 No
25 to 29 4,950 6.0 4,955 6.3 0.4 4,762 5.6 1.2 No
30 to 34 13,272 16.2 12,395 15.8 0.6 12,163 14.2 2.0 No
35 to 44 6,760 8.2 6,365 8.1 0.4 8,042 9.4 1.3 No
45 to 59 10,304 12.5 10,055 12.8 0.5 12,731 14.9 3.2 No
60 or more 11,115 13.5 12,200 15.5 0.6 14,523 17.0 2.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 30.6 (X) 33.2 (X) NA 33.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,149 100.0 78,675 100.0 NA 85,581 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,137 5.0 3,615 4.6 0.3 4,337 5.1 1.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,364 6.5 4,395 5.6 0.4 6,283 7.3 1.5 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,044 9.8 5,995 7.6 0.4 7,269 8.5 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,569 12.9 8,495 10.8 0.5 8,218 9.6 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,997 14.6 11,665 14.8 0.6 10,567 12.3 2.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,950 15.8 12,235 15.6 0.6 11,863 13.9 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,383 12.6 9,015 11.5 0.5 11,108 13.0 2.2 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,561 21.4 20,820 26.5 0.7 24,731 28.9 3.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,144 1.4 1,245 1.6 0.2 1,205 1.4 0.6 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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