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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Brazoria County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: brazoria_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 191,707 241,767 x x
Total Persons in Household 182,803 230,806 267,376 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 85,566 104,832 120,290 3,706
Total Workers, Place of Work 71,350 79,455 88,533 4,411
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.83 0.76 0.74 0.06

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 71,350 100.0 79,455 100.0 NA 88,533 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 56,771 79.6 64,270 80.9 0.6 71,860 81.2 2.6 No
2-person carpool 8,136 11.4 7,985 10.0 0.4 7,540 8.5 1.5 No
3-person carpool 1,612 2.3 1,735 2.2 0.2 1,623 1.8 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 870 1.2 925 1.2 0.2 1,250 1.4 0.9 No
Public Transportation 46 0.1 144 0.2 0.1 383 0.4 0.3 No
Walked 1,268 1.8 1,155 1.5 0.2 1,536 1.7 1.2 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,065 1.5 975 1.2 0.2 1,454 1.6 0.7 No
Worked at home 1,582 2.2 2,265 2.9 0.2 2,887 3.3 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 69,768 100.0 77,190 100.0 NA 85,646 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,324 17.7 12,620 16.3 0.5 14,467 16.9 2.6 No
10 to 14 11,518 16.5 12,800 16.6 0.5 13,945 16.3 2.5 No
15 to 19 12,281 17.6 13,095 17.0 0.5 14,487 16.9 2.5 No
20 to 24 9,926 14.2 11,175 14.5 0.5 12,047 14.1 2.2 No
25 to 29 3,709 5.3 4,310 5.6 0.3 4,354 5.1 1.4 No
30 to 34 9,343 13.4 10,030 13.0 0.5 12,785 14.9 2.8 No
35 to 44 3,046 4.4 3,580 4.6 0.3 4,114 4.8 1.4 No
45 to 59 3,734 5.4 4,815 6.2 0.4 4,636 5.4 1.5 No
60 or more 3,887 5.6 4,765 6.2 0.4 4,811 5.6 1.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 23.4 (X) NA 21.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 69,768 100.0 77,190 100.0 NA 85,646 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,345 4.8 5,555 7.2 0.4 8,263 9.6 2.1 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,898 7.0 6,830 8.8 0.4 5,916 6.9 1.6 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,336 14.8 11,275 14.6 0.5 10,904 12.7 2.2 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,622 19.5 12,245 15.9 0.5 13,609 15.9 2.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,620 19.5 13,980 18.1 0.6 14,009 16.4 2.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,677 9.6 7,465 9.7 0.4 7,213 8.4 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,084 4.4 3,040 3.9 0.3 3,504 4.1 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,921 18.5 14,410 18.7 0.6 18,471 21.6 2.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,265 1.8 2,240 2.9 0.2 3,757 4.4 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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