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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Columbia CDP, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: columbia_cdp_maryland.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 75,883 88,254 x x
Total Persons in Household 75,583 86,886 93,637 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,320 50,175 51,836 2,744
Total Workers, Place of Work 34,700 45,015 49,036 3,760
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.75 0.90 0.95 0.14

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 34,700 100.0 45,015 100.0 NA 49,036 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 28,375 81.8 36,995 82.2 0.9 39,881 81.3 3.7 No
2-person carpool 3,185 9.2 3,290 7.3 0.6 3,819 7.8 2.2 No
3-person carpool 408 1.2 525 1.2 0.2 1,233 2.5 2.2 No
4-or-more-person carpool 336 1.0 510 1.1 0.2 490 1.0 0.7 No
Public Transportation 294 0.8 355 0.8 0.2 284 0.6 0.5 No
Walked 550 1.6 690 1.5 0.3 385 0.8 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 273 0.8 390 0.9 0.2 516 1.1 0.8 No
Worked at home 1,279 3.7 2,265 5.0 0.5 2,428 5.0 1.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 33,421 100.0 42,750 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,424 13.2 4,375 10.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 5,582 16.7 5,970 14.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 5,058 15.1 6,150 14.4 0.8 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 4,160 12.4 5,505 12.9 0.8 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,900 5.7 2,760 6.5 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 4,276 12.8 6,510 15.2 0.8 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 2,977 8.9 3,825 8.9 0.7 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 3,219 9.6 4,165 9.7 0.7 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,825 5.5 3,485 8.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.9 (X) 27.4 (X) NA 24.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 33,421 100.0 42,750 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 638 1.9 775 1.8 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,016 3.0 1,390 3.3 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,038 6.1 2,930 6.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,370 10.1 4,470 10.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,859 17.5 6,845 16.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,557 19.6 8,255 19.3 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,713 14.1 5,220 12.2 0.8 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 8,959 26.8 11,955 28.0 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 271 0.8 485 1.1 0.2 NA NA NA NA

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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