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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Cambridge city, Massachusetts

Download an Excel file* of this document: cambridge_city_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 95,802 101,355 x x
Total Persons in Household 81,769 86,692 81,260 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 52,595 54,959 44,320 3,969
Total Workers, Place of Work 109,490 114,160 95,307 5,487
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.08 2.08 2.15 0.26

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 109,490 100.0 114,160 100.0 NA 95,307 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 55,942 51.1 57,430 50.3 0.7 46,776 49.1 2.7 No
2-person carpool 9,595 8.8 8,420 7.4 0.3 6,574 6.9 1.5 No
3-person carpool 1,183 1.1 920 0.8 0.1 1,167 1.2 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 761 0.7 405 0.4 0.1 269 0.3 0.3 No
Public Transportation 22,719 20.7 25,780 22.6 0.5 23,630 24.8 2.9 No
Walked 14,464 13.2 14,620 12.8 0.4 10,549 11.1 1.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,781 2.5 3,675 3.2 0.2 4,073 4.3 1.2 No
Worked at home 2,045 1.9 2,900 2.5 0.2 2,269 2.4 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,445 100.0 111,260 100.0 NA 93,038 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,002 8.4 8,335 7.5 0.3 5,136 5.5 1.2 Yes
10 to 14 11,315 10.5 10,975 9.9 0.4 7,694 8.3 1.6 No
15 to 19 15,278 14.2 13,040 11.7 0.4 9,127 9.8 2.0 No
20 to 24 15,279 14.2 13,925 12.5 0.4 10,755 11.6 2.0 No
25 to 29 6,254 5.8 5,790 5.2 0.3 6,050 6.5 1.7 No
30 to 34 18,270 17.0 17,245 15.5 0.5 13,467 14.5 1.7 No
35 to 44 9,325 8.7 10,555 9.5 0.4 10,308 11.1 1.9 No
45 to 59 12,189 11.3 14,130 12.7 0.4 13,931 15.0 2.5 No
60 or more 10,533 9.8 17,270 15.5 0.5 16,570 17.8 2.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 28.2 (X) 33.2 (X) NA 35.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,445 100.0 111,260 100.0 NA 93,038 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,982 1.8 2,510 2.3 0.2 2,141 2.3 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,105 2.9 3,430 3.1 0.2 2,396 2.6 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,029 6.5 6,470 5.8 0.3 8,345 9.0 2.1 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,527 8.9 9,295 8.4 0.4 8,407 9.0 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,868 13.8 13,395 12.0 0.4 11,699 12.6 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 18,565 17.3 17,020 15.3 0.5 13,928 15.0 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 18,510 17.2 17,315 15.6 0.5 15,561 16.7 2.2 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 32,963 30.7 39,030 35.1 0.6 29,439 31.6 2.4 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 896 0.8 1,300 1.2 0.1 1,122 1.2 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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