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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Download an Excel file* of this document: barnstable_county_massachusetts.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 186,605 222,230 x x
Total Persons in Household 182,610 216,553 220,838 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 81,784 99,197 103,070 3,661
Total Workers, Place of Work 78,507 92,550 97,334 4,113
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.05

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 78,507 100.0 92,550 100.0 NA 97,334 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 64,992 82.8 75,915 82.0 0.6 81,478 83.7 3.0 No
2-person carpool 5,386 6.9 6,385 6.9 0.4 6,890 7.1 2.4 No
3-person carpool 459 0.6 840 0.9 0.1 1,077 1.1 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 391 0.5 355 0.4 0.1 264 0.3 0.2 No
Public Transportation 350 0.4 390 0.4 0.1 165 0.2 0.1 Yes
Walked 2,149 2.7 2,410 2.6 0.2 1,838 1.9 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,388 1.8 1,110 1.2 0.2 1,250 1.3 0.8 No
Worked at home 3,392 4.3 5,145 5.6 0.3 4,372 4.5 1.2 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 75,115 100.0 87,405 100.0 NA 92,962 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 19,335 25.7 18,060 20.7 0.6 17,652 19.0 2.5 No
10 to 14 15,513 20.7 17,780 20.3 0.6 18,939 20.4 2.9 No
15 to 19 14,193 18.9 15,605 17.9 0.6 18,792 20.2 3.3 No
20 to 24 9,994 13.3 12,875 14.7 0.5 13,780 14.8 1.8 No
25 to 29 2,759 3.7 4,500 5.1 0.3 3,329 3.6 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 5,939 7.9 8,155 9.3 0.4 8,219 8.8 2.0 No
35 to 44 2,136 2.8 2,880 3.3 0.3 2,846 3.1 0.8 No
45 to 59 2,263 3.0 3,190 3.6 0.3 3,733 4.0 1.1 No
60 or more 2,983 4.0 4,355 5.0 0.3 5,672 6.1 1.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.5 (X) 20.2 (X) NA 19.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 75,115 100.0 87,405 100.0 NA 92,962 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,189 2.9 2,810 3.2 0.3 3,561 3.8 1.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,699 3.6 3,730 4.3 0.3 4,517 4.9 1.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,944 7.9 7,600 8.7 0.4 7,657 8.2 2.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,577 12.7 10,640 12.2 0.5 11,376 12.2 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,849 15.8 14,670 16.8 0.6 15,720 16.9 2.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,732 17.0 13,920 15.9 0.5 13,133 14.1 2.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,322 11.1 8,435 9.7 0.4 9,014 9.7 1.7 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 20,642 27.5 23,680 27.1 0.7 26,066 28.0 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,161 1.5 1,410 1.6 0.2 1,918 2.1 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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