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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Bell County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: bell_county_texas.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 191,088 237,974 x x
Total Persons in Household 181,847 228,837 246,592 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 88,884 112,585 104,763 2,823
Total Workers, Place of Work 103,736 130,400 116,883 3,622
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.17 1.16 1.12 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 103,736 100.0 130,400 100.0 NA 116,883 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 74,138 71.5 101,040 77.5 0.6 100,426 85.9 1.3 Yes
2-person carpool 12,923 12.5 14,910 11.4 0.4 8,901 7.6 1.4 Yes
3-person carpool 2,005 1.9 2,745 2.1 0.2 1,663 1.4 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,269 1.2 1,435 1.1 0.1 1,385 1.2 0.8 No
Public Transportation 68 0.1 94 0.1 0.0 171 0.1 0.1 No
Walked 8,537 8.2 6,325 4.9 0.3 1,035 0.9 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,466 2.4 1,925 1.5 0.2 1,347 1.2 0.5 No
Worked at home 2,330 2.2 1,920 1.5 0.2 1,955 1.7 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 101,406 100.0 128,480 100.0 NA 114,928 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 22,116 21.8 22,815 17.8 0.5 16,840 14.7 1.9 Yes
10 to 14 22,666 22.4 26,665 20.8 0.5 21,888 19.0 1.9 No
15 to 19 24,160 23.8 30,025 23.4 0.6 28,202 24.5 2.8 No
20 to 24 14,710 14.5 19,635 15.3 0.5 19,307 16.8 2.3 No
25 to 29 3,874 3.8 5,815 4.5 0.3 5,987 5.2 1.1 No
30 to 34 7,231 7.1 11,580 9.0 0.4 10,435 9.1 1.4 No
35 to 44 2,007 2.0 3,470 2.7 0.2 3,462 3.0 0.9 No
45 to 59 2,366 2.3 4,110 3.2 0.2 5,315 4.6 1.2 Yes
60 or more 2,276 2.2 4,355 3.4 0.2 3,492 3.0 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.4 (X) 19.3 (X) NA 19.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 101,406 100.0 128,480 100.0 NA 114,928 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 13,488 13.3 17,005 13.2 0.5 17,459 15.2 2.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,990 12.8 19,170 14.9 0.5 11,251 9.8 1.4 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,225 10.1 12,000 9.3 0.4 11,528 10.0 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,890 13.7 15,020 11.7 0.4 14,579 12.7 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 16,736 16.5 20,125 15.7 0.5 16,989 14.8 1.4 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,135 9.0 10,485 8.2 0.4 10,216 8.9 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,381 4.3 6,400 5.0 0.3 5,346 4.7 1.5 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,553 17.3 23,345 18.2 0.5 21,964 19.1 2.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,008 3.0 4,620 3.6 0.2 5,596 4.9 1.2 Yes

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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