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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Chesterfield County, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: chesterfield_county_virginia.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 209,274 259,903 x x
Total Persons in Household 206,777 255,664 284,956 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 112,917 134,313 151,880 3,119
Total Workers, Place of Work 82,155 101,205 109,320 4,689
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.73 0.75 0.72 0.05

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 82,155 100.0 101,205 100.0 NA 109,320 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 66,278 80.7 85,075 84.1 0.5 90,604 82.9 1.9 No
2-person carpool 8,383 10.2 7,880 7.8 0.4 7,926 7.3 1.3 No
3-person carpool 1,493 1.8 1,220 1.2 0.2 1,921 1.8 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 686 0.8 770 0.8 0.1 980 0.9 0.6 No
Public Transportation 529 0.6 400 0.4 0.1 515 0.5 0.4 No
Walked 1,187 1.4 900 0.9 0.1 1,133 1.0 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 737 0.9 815 0.8 0.1 1,685 1.5 0.7 No
Worked at home 2,862 3.5 4,150 4.1 0.3 4,556 4.2 1.2 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,293 100.0 97,055 100.0 NA 104,764 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,031 11.4 9,645 9.9 0.4 11,723 11.2 1.7 No
10 to 14 12,382 15.6 13,660 14.1 0.5 15,843 15.1 2.0 No
15 to 19 13,809 17.4 17,035 17.6 0.5 19,529 18.6 2.0 No
20 to 24 13,889 17.5 17,590 18.1 0.5 18,872 18.0 1.5 No
25 to 29 5,788 7.3 7,440 7.7 0.4 7,542 7.2 1.4 No
30 to 34 11,954 15.1 14,680 15.1 0.5 15,356 14.7 1.8 No
35 to 44 4,549 5.7 5,830 6.0 0.3 5,400 5.2 1.0 No
45 to 59 4,841 6.1 5,610 5.8 0.3 5,686 5.4 1.6 No
60 or more 3,050 3.8 5,570 5.7 0.3 4,813 4.6 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.3 (X) 25.0 (X) NA 21.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,293 100.0 97,055 100.0 NA 104,764 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,292 2.9 3,250 3.3 0.3 5,277 5.0 1.0 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,915 4.9 5,275 5.4 0.3 4,768 4.6 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,066 11.4 10,290 10.6 0.4 10,365 9.9 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,831 13.7 12,170 12.5 0.5 14,043 13.4 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,625 18.4 17,170 17.7 0.5 16,072 15.3 2.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,707 14.8 14,115 14.5 0.5 15,174 14.5 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,247 7.9 6,550 6.7 0.4 9,882 9.4 1.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 19,289 24.3 24,930 25.7 0.6 26,353 25.2 1.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,321 1.7 2,100 2.2 0.2 2,830 2.7 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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