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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Amarillo city, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: amarillo_city_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 157,615 173,627 x x
Total Persons in Household 155,466 171,318 176,999 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 71,645 79,604 83,291 3,283
Total Workers, Place of Work 73,048 84,770 87,416 3,461
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.02 1.06 1.05 0.08

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 73,048 100.0 84,770 100.0 NA 87,416 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 60,812 83.2 70,305 82.9 0.6 72,068 82.4 2.0 No
2-person carpool 6,613 9.1 8,075 9.5 0.5 9,452 10.8 2.1 No
3-person carpool 1,054 1.4 1,540 1.8 0.2 1,768 2.0 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 749 1.0 940 1.1 0.2 1,379 1.6 0.7 No
Public Transportation 513 0.7 260 0.3 0.1 138 0.2 0.2 No
Walked 1,097 1.5 965 1.1 0.2 348 0.4 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 736 1.0 860 1.0 0.2 805 0.9 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,474 2.0 1,830 2.2 0.2 1,458 1.7 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,574 100.0 82,940 100.0 NA 85,958 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,487 18.8 14,455 17.4 0.6 16,228 18.9 2.5 No
10 to 14 19,006 26.6 21,075 25.4 0.7 22,063 25.7 2.3 No
15 to 19 18,641 26.0 19,865 24.0 0.7 23,160 26.9 2.2 Yes
20 to 24 9,443 13.2 11,750 14.2 0.6 11,960 13.9 2.2 No
25 to 29 1,874 2.6 2,880 3.5 0.3 1,439 1.7 0.6 Yes
30 to 34 4,333 6.1 6,260 7.5 0.4 4,420 5.1 1.2 Yes
35 to 44 1,139 1.6 1,640 2.0 0.2 1,539 1.8 0.6 No
45 to 59 1,593 2.2 2,140 2.6 0.3 2,175 2.5 0.8 No
60 or more 2,058 2.9 2,880 3.5 0.3 2,974 3.5 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.6 (X) 18.3 (X) NA 16.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,574 100.0 82,940 100.0 NA 85,958 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,268 3.2 2,555 3.1 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,279 3.2 3,060 3.7 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,978 7.0 5,555 6.7 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,282 10.2 8,995 10.8 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 18,209 25.4 20,335 24.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,594 17.6 13,325 16.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,924 6.9 5,100 6.1 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,697 24.7 22,130 26.7 0.7 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,343 1.9 1,675 2.0 0.2 NA NA NA NA

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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