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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Baltimore city, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: baltimore_city_maryland.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 736,014 651,154 x x
Total Persons in Household 715,292 625,401 608,481 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 307,679 249,373 254,908 6,076
Total Workers, Place of Work 396,360 342,000 341,481 10,438
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.29 1.37 1.34 0.06

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 396,360 100.0 342,000 100.0 NA 341,481 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 239,473 60.4 225,885 66.0 0.4 236,109 69.1 1.4 Yes
2-person carpool 45,285 11.4 35,810 10.5 0.3 30,338 8.9 1.1 Yes
3-person carpool 8,866 2.2 5,705 1.7 0.1 5,303 1.6 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 5,019 1.3 3,340 1.0 0.1 2,741 0.8 0.4 No
Public Transportation 64,117 16.2 43,675 12.8 0.3 40,216 11.8 1.0 No
Walked 23,406 5.9 16,950 5.0 0.2 13,837 4.1 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,265 1.3 4,815 1.4 0.1 6,704 2.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 4,929 1.2 5,825 1.7 0.1 6,233 1.8 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 391,431 100.0 336,175 100.0 NA 335,248 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 25,381 6.5 20,055 6.0 0.2 20,613 6.1 0.6 No
10 to 14 38,236 9.8 28,325 8.4 0.2 27,801 8.3 1.1 No
15 to 19 56,504 14.4 40,675 12.1 0.3 42,615 12.7 1.3 No
20 to 24 67,083 17.1 52,420 15.6 0.3 49,723 14.8 1.0 No
25 to 29 31,962 8.2 25,750 7.7 0.2 25,427 7.6 0.7 No
30 to 34 74,265 19.0 63,265 18.8 0.3 65,087 19.4 1.4 No
35 to 44 32,830 8.4 31,335 9.3 0.2 30,821 9.2 0.8 No
45 to 59 37,714 9.6 38,010 11.3 0.3 35,447 10.6 0.8 No
60 or more 27,456 7.0 36,340 10.8 0.3 37,714 11.2 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.0 (X) 31.6 (X) NA 30.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 391,431 100.0 336,175 100.0 NA 335,248 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 15,934 4.1 14,550 4.3 0.2 17,861 5.3 1.0 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 21,654 5.5 16,370 4.9 0.2 20,488 6.1 0.7 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 39,392 10.1 30,665 9.1 0.2 35,301 10.5 0.9 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 47,896 12.2 40,005 11.9 0.3 41,244 12.3 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 63,529 16.2 55,170 16.4 0.3 50,556 15.1 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 67,147 17.2 52,615 15.7 0.3 43,052 12.8 0.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 40,340 10.3 26,935 8.0 0.2 34,635 10.3 1.0 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 88,934 22.7 83,725 24.9 0.4 84,058 25.1 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,605 1.7 7,100 2.1 0.1 8,053 2.4 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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