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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Berkeley city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: berkeley_city_california.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 102,724 102,743 x x
Total Persons in Household 91,442 96,921 90,432 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 54,590 54,674 46,333 3,475
Total Workers, Place of Work 74,857 71,375 63,956 4,504
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.37 1.31 1.38 0.15

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 74,857 100.0 71,375 100.0 NA 63,956 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 39,432 52.7 38,445 53.9 0.9 36,299 56.8 3.1 No
2-person carpool 6,548 8.7 6,610 9.3 0.5 4,724 7.4 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 1,282 1.7 1,560 2.2 0.3 1,276 2.0 1.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 887 1.2 590 0.8 0.2 224 0.4 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 8,322 11.1 8,450 11.8 0.6 9,636 15.1 2.7 Yes
Walked 9,711 13.0 7,650 10.7 0.6 5,836 9.1 1.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,340 7.1 4,345 6.1 0.4 3,235 5.1 1.0 No
Worked at home 3,335 4.5 3,725 5.2 0.4 2,726 4.3 1.2 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,522 100.0 67,650 100.0 NA 61,230 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,593 10.6 6,150 9.1 0.5 5,064 8.3 2.2 No
10 to 14 10,878 15.2 9,045 13.4 0.6 7,206 11.8 2.4 No
15 to 19 12,560 17.6 10,940 16.2 0.7 10,329 16.9 2.7 No
20 to 24 11,060 15.5 9,785 14.5 0.6 10,609 17.3 3.2 No
25 to 29 4,077 5.7 3,915 5.8 0.4 2,909 4.8 1.5 No
30 to 34 10,184 14.2 10,160 15.0 0.7 9,412 15.4 2.7 No
35 to 44 4,651 6.5 4,820 7.1 0.5 3,971 6.5 1.8 No
45 to 59 5,484 7.7 5,935 8.8 0.5 4,803 7.8 1.9 No
60 or more 5,035 7.0 6,900 10.2 0.6 6,927 11.3 2.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.5 (X) 28.1 (X) NA 26.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,522 100.0 67,650 100.0 NA 61,230 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,505 2.1 1,655 2.4 0.3 786 1.3 0.6 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,270 3.2 1,785 2.6 0.3 2,573 4.2 2.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,229 5.9 3,720 5.5 0.4 2,390 3.9 1.1 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,050 8.5 5,145 7.6 0.5 4,927 8.0 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,890 13.8 8,770 13.0 0.6 7,750 12.7 2.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,552 17.5 10,845 16.0 0.7 9,682 15.8 2.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,841 12.4 8,690 12.8 0.6 8,225 13.4 2.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 25,253 35.3 25,675 38.0 0.9 24,337 39.7 3.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 932 1.3 1,110 1.6 0.2 560 0.9 0.6 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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