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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Aurora city, Colorado

Download an Excel file* of this document: aurora_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 222,110 276,393 x x
Total Persons in Household 219,814 274,304 291,317 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 121,471 142,136 143,869 6,415
Total Workers, Place of Work 81,907 91,530 102,153 5,054
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.67 0.64 0.71 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 81,907 100.0 91,530 100.0 NA 102,153 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 61,548 75.1 70,800 77.4 0.7 82,349 80.6 2.7 Yes
2-person carpool 8,926 10.9 9,060 9.9 0.5 7,513 7.4 1.6 Yes
3-person carpool 1,205 1.5 1,585 1.7 0.2 955 0.9 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 320 0.4 725 0.8 0.1 709 0.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 1,888 2.3 2,210 2.4 0.2 2,173 2.1 0.6 No
Walked 3,835 4.7 1,995 2.2 0.2 3,008 2.9 1.1 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 719 0.9 820 0.9 0.1 1,053 1.0 0.7 No
Worked at home 3,466 4.2 4,330 4.7 0.3 4,393 4.3 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 78,441 100.0 87,200 100.0 NA 97,760 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,420 15.8 10,530 12.1 0.5 11,077 11.3 2.1 No
10 to 14 14,612 18.6 13,190 15.1 0.6 15,419 15.8 2.4 No
15 to 19 15,114 19.3 14,965 17.2 0.6 15,990 16.4 2.0 No
20 to 24 12,473 15.9 12,855 14.7 0.6 14,589 14.9 2.4 No
25 to 29 4,393 5.6 5,045 5.8 0.4 6,080 6.2 1.3 No
30 to 34 8,655 11.0 12,870 14.8 0.6 15,509 15.9 2.7 No
35 to 44 4,149 5.3 5,750 6.6 0.4 6,538 6.7 1.4 No
45 to 59 3,906 5.0 6,670 7.6 0.4 8,190 8.4 1.8 No
60 or more 2,719 3.5 5,325 6.1 0.4 4,368 4.5 1.2 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.3 (X) 24.9 (X) NA 22.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 78,441 100.0 87,200 100.0 NA 97,760 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,582 5.8 4,535 5.2 0.4 4,812 4.9 1.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,063 7.7 6,135 7.0 0.4 7,138 7.3 1.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,684 12.3 9,880 11.3 0.5 12,096 12.4 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,944 15.2 12,905 14.8 0.6 14,249 14.6 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,946 16.5 13,980 16.0 0.6 13,378 13.7 1.5 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,570 10.9 10,500 12.0 0.5 12,718 13.0 2.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,878 6.2 5,280 6.1 0.4 8,503 8.7 2.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,198 23.2 20,810 23.9 0.7 21,952 22.5 2.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,576 2.0 2,325 2.7 0.3 2,914 3.0 0.8 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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