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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Download an Excel file* of this document: berkshire_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 139,352 134,953 x x
Total Persons in Household 133,231 128,821 125,654 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 63,607 64,058 58,494 2,630
Total Workers, Place of Work 65,884 65,965 60,800 3,227
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.04 1.03 1.04 0.08

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 65,884 100.0 65,965 100.0 NA 60,800 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 49,638 75.3 52,430 79.5 0.6 49,081 80.7 2.4 No
2-person carpool 6,833 10.4 5,535 8.4 0.4 4,203 6.9 1.5 No
3-person carpool 787 1.2 780 1.2 0.2 1,149 1.9 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 291 0.4 300 0.5 0.1 356 0.6 0.5 No
Public Transportation 1,088 1.7 665 1.0 0.2 822 1.4 0.9 No
Walked 4,410 6.7 3,320 5.0 0.3 2,134 3.5 1.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 606 0.9 610 0.9 0.2 276 0.5 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 2,231 3.4 2,320 3.5 0.3 2,779 4.6 1.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 63,653 100.0 63,645 100.0 NA 58,021 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 16,265 25.6 15,295 24.0 0.7 16,257 28.0 3.5 Yes
10 to 14 14,061 22.1 14,040 22.1 0.7 11,739 20.2 2.6 No
15 to 19 11,128 17.5 10,035 15.8 0.6 8,956 15.4 2.4 No
20 to 24 7,844 12.3 8,135 12.8 0.5 5,913 10.2 1.8 Yes
25 to 29 2,742 4.3 2,965 4.7 0.3 3,095 5.3 1.1 No
30 to 34 5,632 8.8 5,365 8.4 0.4 3,299 5.7 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 2,140 3.4 2,750 4.3 0.3 2,553 4.4 1.2 No
45 to 59 1,921 3.0 2,400 3.8 0.3 2,898 5.0 1.4 No
60 or more 1,920 3.0 2,645 4.2 0.3 3,311 5.7 2.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.2 (X) 19.2 (X) NA 18.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 63,653 100.0 63,645 100.0 NA 58,021 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,889 3.0 2,625 4.1 0.3 2,576 4.4 1.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,990 4.7 3,155 5.0 0.3 2,143 3.7 0.9 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,768 13.8 6,805 10.7 0.5 8,256 14.2 2.2 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,405 13.2 7,300 11.5 0.5 7,939 13.7 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,826 15.4 10,890 17.1 0.6 8,987 15.5 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,409 13.2 8,660 13.6 0.5 7,756 13.4 2.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,229 8.2 4,935 7.8 0.4 3,348 5.8 1.3 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,190 27.0 17,675 27.8 0.7 16,228 28.0 3.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 947 1.5 1,205 1.9 0.2 788 1.4 0.7 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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