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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: beaver_county_pennsylvania.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 186,093 181,412 x x
Total Persons in Household 182,886 177,005 173,086 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 74,530 81,203 77,607 2,141
Total Workers, Place of Work 58,062 61,620 54,183 2,806
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.78 0.76 0.70 0.04

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 58,062 100.0 61,620 100.0 NA 54,183 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 45,898 79.0 50,865 82.5 0.6 47,079 86.9 1.7 Yes
2-person carpool 5,222 9.0 5,085 8.3 0.4 3,696 6.8 1.6 No
3-person carpool 683 1.2 650 1.1 0.2 474 0.9 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 312 0.5 194 0.3 0.1 200 0.4 0.4 No
Public Transportation 676 1.2 529 0.9 0.1 141 0.3 0.2 Yes
Walked 3,114 5.4 2,275 3.7 0.3 748 1.4 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 435 0.7 485 0.8 0.1 298 0.5 0.4 No
Worked at home 1,722 3.0 1,540 2.5 0.2 1,547 2.9 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,340 100.0 60,080 100.0 NA 52,636 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,478 20.4 11,165 18.6 0.6 9,597 18.2 2.5 No
10 to 14 10,473 18.6 10,420 17.3 0.6 8,928 17.0 2.3 No
15 to 19 9,880 17.5 10,560 17.6 0.6 9,839 18.7 2.4 No
20 to 24 8,847 15.7 9,675 16.1 0.6 7,706 14.6 2.4 No
25 to 29 3,631 6.4 3,530 5.9 0.4 3,999 7.6 2.1 No
30 to 34 5,221 9.3 5,700 9.5 0.4 5,576 10.6 2.0 No
35 to 44 2,263 4.0 3,035 5.1 0.3 2,380 4.5 1.5 No
45 to 59 2,599 4.6 3,070 5.1 0.3 2,405 4.6 1.3 No
60 or more 1,948 3.5 2,920 4.9 0.3 2,206 4.2 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.1 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 19.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,340 100.0 60,080 100.0 NA 52,636 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,067 3.7 3,185 5.3 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,981 5.3 3,995 6.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,660 11.8 7,645 12.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,551 11.6 7,055 11.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,240 16.4 8,995 15.0 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,672 11.8 6,705 11.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,976 8.8 3,440 5.7 0.3 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,138 28.6 16,825 28.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,055 1.9 1,575 2.6 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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