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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Cameron County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: cameron_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 260,120 335,227 x x
Total Persons in Household 255,103 331,138 374,081 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 84,642 106,769 118,904 5,711
Total Workers, Place of Work 84,777 105,880 117,446 5,746
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.00 0.99 0.99 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 84,777 100.0 105,880 100.0 NA 117,446 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 58,860 69.4 77,295 73.0 0.7 94,949 80.8 0.5 Yes
2-person carpool 13,982 16.5 15,655 14.8 0.5 10,540 9.0 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 2,768 3.3 3,115 2.9 0.2 1,972 1.7 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,521 1.8 1,985 1.9 0.2 1,067 0.9 0.5 Yes
Public Transportation 899 1.1 644 0.6 0.1 971 0.8 0.5 No
Walked 2,728 3.2 2,495 2.4 0.2 1,903 1.6 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,517 1.8 1,985 1.9 0.2 4,236 3.6 1.0 Yes
Worked at home 2,502 3.0 2,695 2.5 0.2 1,808 1.5 0.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,275 100.0 103,185 100.0 NA 115,638 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 15,799 19.2 16,225 15.7 0.5 16,521 14.3 2.0 No
10 to 14 18,852 22.9 20,505 19.9 0.6 24,891 21.5 2.5 No
15 to 19 20,215 24.6 23,035 22.3 0.6 25,606 22.1 2.3 No
20 to 24 10,690 13.0 15,835 15.3 0.5 18,578 16.1 2.6 No
25 to 29 2,538 3.1 4,260 4.1 0.3 5,933 5.1 1.1 No
30 to 34 8,265 10.0 13,100 12.7 0.5 12,215 10.6 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 1,793 2.2 2,950 2.9 0.2 5,525 4.8 1.5 Yes
45 to 59 2,294 2.8 3,305 3.2 0.3 3,943 3.4 1.1 No
60 or more 1,829 2.2 3,965 3.8 0.3 2,426 2.1 0.9 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.1 (X) 20.6 (X) NA 18.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,275 100.0 103,185 100.0 NA 115,638 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,619 3.2 3,730 3.6 0.3 4,572 4.0 1.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,869 4.7 4,610 4.5 0.3 4,770 4.1 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,111 9.9 9,890 9.6 0.4 9,896 8.6 1.7 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,135 13.5 13,605 13.2 0.5 17,576 15.2 2.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 19,613 23.8 23,405 22.7 0.6 26,906 23.3 2.5 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,423 15.1 15,485 15.0 0.5 14,715 12.7 1.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,703 5.7 5,225 5.1 0.3 6,318 5.5 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,644 22.7 24,005 23.3 0.6 28,047 24.3 3.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,158 1.4 2,430 2.4 0.2 2,838 2.5 0.8 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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