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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Carson city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: carson_city_california.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 83,995 89,730 x x
Total Persons in Household 83,636 88,520 92,156 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 40,199 36,500 37,837 4,801
Total Workers, Place of Work 56,620 50,965 55,293 5,064
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.41 1.40 1.46 0.46

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 56,620 100.0 50,965 100.0 NA 55,293 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 42,433 74.9 37,820 74.2 0.9 43,500 78.7 3.8 Yes
2-person carpool 7,562 13.4 6,495 12.7 0.7 6,230 11.3 2.1 No
3-person carpool 1,727 3.1 1,460 2.9 0.4 1,352 2.4 1.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 988 1.7 795 1.6 0.3 919 1.7 1.9 No
Public Transportation 1,787 3.2 2,375 4.7 0.4 1,113 2.0 0.9 Yes
Walked 534 0.9 700 1.4 0.2 54 0.1 0.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,036 1.8 675 1.3 0.2 1,150 2.1 1.0 No
Worked at home 553 1.0 650 1.3 0.2 975 1.8 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,067 100.0 50,315 100.0 NA 54,318 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,400 6.1 2,890 5.7 0.5 2,226 4.1 1.3 Yes
10 to 14 5,380 9.6 4,575 9.1 0.6 4,140 7.6 2.4 No
15 to 19 8,888 15.9 7,700 15.3 0.8 10,274 18.9 3.2 Yes
20 to 24 9,092 16.2 8,585 17.1 0.8 8,668 16.0 2.6 No
25 to 29 4,011 7.2 3,445 6.8 0.5 4,021 7.4 2.7 No
30 to 34 10,505 18.7 9,140 18.2 0.8 9,252 17.0 3.7 No
35 to 44 4,082 7.3 3,550 7.1 0.5 3,986 7.3 2.2 No
45 to 59 5,101 9.1 4,405 8.8 0.6 5,723 10.5 2.3 No
60 or more 5,608 10.0 6,035 12.0 0.7 6,028 11.1 3.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 28.6 (X) 30.9 (X) NA 29.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,067 100.0 50,315 100.0 NA 54,318 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,728 8.4 4,750 9.4 0.6 7,374 13.6 3.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,842 8.6 3,570 7.1 0.5 3,522 6.5 2.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,649 13.6 5,310 10.6 0.7 5,067 9.3 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,526 13.4 6,075 12.1 0.7 5,239 9.6 2.2 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 8,846 15.8 7,275 14.5 0.7 6,759 12.4 2.0 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,843 12.2 5,590 11.1 0.7 6,749 12.4 2.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,804 6.8 2,605 5.2 0.5 4,232 7.8 2.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,133 18.1 11,580 23.0 0.9 11,435 21.1 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,696 3.0 2,670 5.3 0.5 3,941 7.3 1.7 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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