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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Arvada city, Colorado

Download an Excel file* of this document: arvada_city_colorado.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 89,090 102,153 x x
Total Persons in Household 88,677 101,402 104,766 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 47,877 53,713 52,526 3,493
Total Workers, Place of Work 21,164 27,130 29,164 2,992
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.44 0.51 0.56 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 21,164 100.0 27,130 100.0 NA 29,164 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 15,697 74.2 20,345 75.0 1.3 23,755 81.5 3.3 Yes
2-person carpool 2,060 9.7 2,550 9.4 0.8 1,164 4.0 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 266 1.3 485 1.8 0.4 48 0.2 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 99 0.5 264 1.0 0.3 319 1.1 1.1 No
Public Transportation 326 1.5 444 1.6 0.4 297 1.0 1.2 No
Walked 840 4.0 460 1.7 0.4 698 2.4 1.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 217 1.0 205 0.8 0.3 375 1.3 1.1 No
Worked at home 1,659 7.8 2,370 8.7 0.8 2,508 8.6 3.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,505 100.0 24,760 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,251 21.8 3,765 15.2 1.1 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 3,935 20.2 4,245 17.1 1.1 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,172 16.3 4,450 18.0 1.2 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,731 14.0 3,710 15.0 1.1 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,062 5.4 1,485 6.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,227 11.4 3,390 13.7 1.0 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 727 3.7 1,160 4.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 915 4.7 1,365 5.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 485 2.5 1,195 4.8 0.7 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 22.1 (X) NA 18.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,505 100.0 24,760 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 795 4.1 1,305 5.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 999 5.1 1,545 6.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,764 9.0 2,640 10.7 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,628 13.5 3,515 14.2 1.1 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,194 16.4 3,935 15.9 1.1 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 2,524 12.9 3,015 12.2 1.0 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,534 7.9 1,435 5.8 0.7 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,622 28.8 6,450 26.1 1.3 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 445 2.3 670 2.7 0.5 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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