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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Cobb County, Georgia

Download an Excel file* of this document: cobb_county_georgia.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 447,745 607,751 x x
Total Persons in Household 444,691 600,457 653,715 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 250,985 325,412 336,094 5,729
Total Workers, Place of Work 207,685 297,995 311,518 8,619
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.83 0.92 0.93 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 207,685 100.0 297,995 100.0 NA 311,518 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 170,169 81.9 236,080 79.2 0.4 251,509 80.7 1.2 Yes
2-person carpool 19,416 9.3 27,895 9.4 0.3 24,763 7.9 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 2,968 1.4 6,350 2.1 0.1 4,020 1.3 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,131 1.0 5,060 1.7 0.1 2,306 0.7 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 2,228 1.1 3,085 1.0 0.1 4,830 1.6 0.6 No
Walked 2,546 1.2 3,165 1.1 0.1 1,944 0.6 0.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,854 0.9 3,120 1.0 0.1 3,928 1.3 0.4 No
Worked at home 6,373 3.1 13,235 4.4 0.2 18,218 5.8 0.7 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 201,312 100.0 284,760 100.0 NA 293,300 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 20,708 10.3 23,880 8.4 0.2 24,673 8.4 1.1 No
10 to 14 25,526 12.7 28,660 10.1 0.3 28,373 9.7 1.2 No
15 to 19 30,089 14.9 37,135 13.0 0.3 34,874 11.9 1.0 Yes
20 to 24 31,417 15.6 37,650 13.2 0.3 40,477 13.8 1.2 No
25 to 29 12,246 6.1 16,975 6.0 0.2 17,360 5.9 0.8 No
30 to 34 33,791 16.8 47,660 16.7 0.3 51,552 17.6 1.4 No
35 to 44 14,471 7.2 24,005 8.4 0.2 24,309 8.3 1.0 No
45 to 59 20,390 10.1 35,050 12.3 0.3 36,195 12.3 1.2 No
60 or more 12,674 6.3 33,745 11.9 0.3 35,487 12.1 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.4 (X) 31.1 (X) NA 29.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 201,312 100.0 284,760 100.0 NA 293,300 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,969 2.5 9,855 3.5 0.2 15,231 5.2 1.0 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 8,478 4.2 14,115 5.0 0.2 15,981 5.4 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 18,608 9.2 27,385 9.6 0.3 29,188 10.0 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 26,817 13.3 37,040 13.0 0.3 33,876 11.5 1.0 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 37,222 18.5 47,605 16.7 0.3 44,913 15.3 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 32,595 16.2 42,955 15.1 0.3 43,101 14.7 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 21,477 10.7 24,075 8.5 0.2 28,774 9.8 1.0 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 48,475 24.1 71,960 25.3 0.4 76,942 26.2 1.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,671 1.3 4,725 1.7 0.1 5,294 1.8 0.5 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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