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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Boca Raton city, Florida

Download an Excel file* of this document: boca_raton_city_florida.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 61,491 74,764 x x
Total Persons in Household 59,601 71,958 74,361 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 29,834 34,374 31,165 2,704
Total Workers, Place of Work 67,725 84,395 83,306 5,500
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.27 2.46 2.67 0.25

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 67,725 100.0 84,395 100.0 NA 83,306 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 56,445 83.3 70,595 83.6 0.6 70,787 85.0 0.8 Yes
2-person carpool 6,686 9.9 7,100 8.4 0.5 5,623 6.7 1.8 No
3-person carpool 822 1.2 1,225 1.5 0.2 1,356 1.6 1.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 430 0.6 845 1.0 0.2 220 0.3 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 437 0.6 805 1.0 0.2 1,216 1.5 1.2 No
Walked 775 1.1 830 1.0 0.2 705 0.8 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 967 1.4 910 1.1 0.2 533 0.6 0.4 Yes
Worked at home 1,163 1.7 2,085 2.5 0.3 2,866 3.4 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,562 100.0 82,310 100.0 NA 80,440 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,126 12.2 6,730 8.2 0.5 6,108 7.6 2.0 No
10 to 14 11,608 17.4 11,175 13.6 0.6 9,307 11.6 2.0 No
15 to 19 13,242 19.9 13,000 15.8 0.6 13,652 17.0 3.3 No
20 to 24 11,148 16.7 12,815 15.6 0.6 10,433 13.0 1.7 Yes
25 to 29 3,738 5.6 5,960 7.2 0.4 4,049 5.0 1.1 Yes
30 to 34 9,605 14.4 14,075 17.1 0.6 14,518 18.0 2.7 No
35 to 44 3,560 5.3 5,930 7.2 0.4 5,385 6.7 1.4 No
45 to 59 3,722 5.6 7,045 8.6 0.5 9,948 12.4 2.1 Yes
60 or more 1,813 2.7 5,580 6.8 0.4 7,040 8.8 2.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.9 (X) 26.8 (X) NA 26.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,562 100.0 82,310 100.0 NA 80,440 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,098 1.6 1,775 2.2 0.2 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,652 2.5 2,690 3.3 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,699 7.1 4,580 5.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,678 11.5 8,735 10.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,909 17.9 14,750 17.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 13,797 20.7 16,040 19.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,293 12.5 8,740 10.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,774 25.2 21,605 26.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 662 1.0 1,055 1.3 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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