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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Boulder city, Colorado

Download an Excel file* of this document: boulder_city_colorado.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 83,312 94,673 x x
Total Persons in Household 75,736 87,194 83,432 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,382 53,828 46,261 3,544
Total Workers, Place of Work 73,650 90,720 84,670 4,613
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.59 1.69 1.83 0.23

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 73,650 100.0 90,720 100.0 NA 84,670 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 50,911 69.1 62,925 69.4 0.7 59,498 70.3 2.7 No
2-person carpool 7,435 10.1 8,210 9.0 0.5 7,118 8.4 1.8 No
3-person carpool 833 1.1 1,160 1.3 0.2 870 1.0 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 480 0.7 575 0.6 0.1 213 0.3 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 2,610 3.5 5,055 5.6 0.4 4,823 5.7 1.1 No
Walked 5,071 6.9 4,910 5.4 0.4 3,116 3.7 1.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,944 5.4 4,405 4.9 0.3 4,126 4.9 1.1 No
Worked at home 2,366 3.2 3,490 3.8 0.3 4,906 5.8 1.1 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,284 100.0 87,230 100.0 NA 79,764 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,283 15.8 11,100 12.7 0.5 8,793 11.0 2.0 No
10 to 14 13,878 19.5 14,635 16.8 0.6 11,760 14.7 2.1 No
15 to 19 13,233 18.6 14,760 16.9 0.6 13,658 17.1 1.6 No
20 to 24 10,378 14.6 13,020 14.9 0.6 11,886 14.9 1.9 No
25 to 29 4,163 5.8 5,100 5.8 0.4 5,915 7.4 1.8 No
30 to 34 8,372 11.7 11,745 13.5 0.6 11,158 14.0 2.1 No
35 to 44 3,939 5.5 6,230 7.1 0.4 7,387 9.3 1.9 Yes
45 to 59 3,763 5.3 6,230 7.1 0.4 6,528 8.2 1.5 No
60 or more 2,275 3.2 4,405 5.0 0.4 2,679 3.4 0.9 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.3 (X) 23.5 (X) NA 22.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,284 100.0 87,230 100.0 NA 79,764 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,006 2.8 2,470 2.8 0.3 2,058 2.6 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,079 4.3 3,420 3.9 0.3 4,357 5.5 1.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,228 8.7 6,825 7.8 0.4 4,403 5.5 1.5 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,501 11.9 10,150 11.6 0.5 8,674 10.9 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,584 19.1 15,075 17.3 0.6 13,947 17.5 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,639 16.3 14,660 16.8 0.6 14,118 17.7 2.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,058 8.5 8,175 9.4 0.5 9,596 12.0 1.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 19,378 27.2 24,315 27.9 0.7 21,648 27.1 2.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 811 1.1 1,185 1.4 0.2 963 1.2 0.6 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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