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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Buffalo city, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: buffalo_city_new_york.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 328,123 292,648 x x
Total Persons in Household 318,203 281,522 256,492 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 127,790 110,640 99,176 6,253
Total Workers, Place of Work 191,769 158,435 146,677 5,353
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.50 1.43 1.48 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 191,769 100.0 158,435 100.0 NA 146,677 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 132,253 69.0 119,360 75.3 0.5 114,000 77.7 2.3 Yes
2-person carpool 21,238 11.1 14,685 9.3 0.3 12,156 8.3 1.4 No
3-person carpool 2,657 1.4 1,915 1.2 0.1 542 0.4 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,063 0.6 875 0.6 0.1 371 0.3 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 19,249 10.0 12,615 8.0 0.3 9,916 6.8 1.3 No
Walked 11,321 5.9 5,850 3.7 0.2 5,525 3.8 1.1 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,996 1.0 1,290 0.8 0.1 1,740 1.2 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,992 1.0 1,840 1.2 0.1 2,427 1.7 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 189,777 100.0 156,595 100.0 NA 144,250 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 19,813 10.4 15,020 9.6 0.4 15,476 10.7 1.7 No
10 to 14 25,829 13.6 21,470 13.7 0.4 19,935 13.8 1.9 No
15 to 19 33,753 17.8 27,935 17.8 0.5 24,948 17.3 1.7 No
20 to 24 38,598 20.3 32,395 20.7 0.5 29,117 20.2 2.3 No
25 to 29 16,025 8.4 13,845 8.8 0.3 13,123 9.1 1.3 No
30 to 34 30,141 15.9 23,005 14.7 0.4 21,178 14.7 1.7 No
35 to 44 10,794 5.7 8,935 5.7 0.3 7,469 5.2 0.8 No
45 to 59 9,291 4.9 7,590 4.8 0.3 7,279 5.0 0.9 No
60 or more 5,533 2.9 6,395 4.1 0.2 5,725 4.0 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 23.7 (X) NA 22.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 189,777 100.0 156,595 100.0 NA 144,250 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,331 2.8 5,660 3.6 0.2 6,680 4.6 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 8,264 4.4 7,005 4.5 0.2 7,061 4.9 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 18,717 9.9 16,170 10.3 0.4 13,208 9.2 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 22,220 11.7 17,765 11.3 0.4 17,244 12.0 1.6 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 33,773 17.8 27,970 17.9 0.5 22,828 15.8 1.5 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 31,527 16.6 25,165 16.1 0.4 23,501 16.3 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 20,061 10.6 11,780 7.5 0.3 12,715 8.8 1.5 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 47,431 25.0 38,295 24.5 0.5 39,038 27.1 2.2 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,453 1.3 2,975 1.9 0.2 1,975 1.4 0.4 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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