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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Columbus city, Ohio

Download an Excel file* of this document: columbus_city_ohio.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 632,958 711,470 x x
Total Persons in Household 612,390 693,811 693,983 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 319,004 367,387 336,964 6,918
Total Workers, Place of Work 400,419 450,605 420,855 8,914
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.26 1.23 1.25 0.04

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 400,419 100.0 450,605 100.0 NA 420,855 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 310,850 77.6 365,930 81.2 0.3 353,031 83.9 0.6 Yes
2-person carpool 43,563 10.9 38,500 8.5 0.2 30,142 7.2 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 4,922 1.2 5,385 1.2 0.1 5,175 1.2 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 2,080 0.5 3,010 0.7 0.1 3,693 0.9 0.3 No
Public Transportation 16,044 4.0 14,440 3.2 0.1 9,496 2.3 0.3 Yes
Walked 13,998 3.5 11,320 2.5 0.1 5,844 1.4 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,343 0.8 3,610 0.8 0.1 4,207 1.0 0.2 No
Worked at home 5,619 1.4 8,405 1.9 0.1 9,267 2.2 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 394,800 100.0 442,200 100.0 NA 411,588 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 38,320 9.7 39,180 8.9 0.2 32,416 7.9 0.8 Yes
10 to 14 51,486 13.0 54,345 12.3 0.2 48,590 11.8 0.8 No
15 to 19 73,510 18.6 75,935 17.2 0.3 76,848 18.7 1.0 Yes
20 to 24 79,870 20.2 87,240 19.7 0.3 86,236 21.0 1.0 Yes
25 to 29 33,252 8.4 37,645 8.5 0.2 38,305 9.3 0.6 Yes
30 to 34 57,889 14.7 66,340 15.0 0.2 56,065 13.6 0.6 Yes
35 to 44 21,665 5.5 25,695 5.8 0.2 24,515 6.0 0.7 No
45 to 59 20,615 5.2 26,555 6.0 0.2 24,696 6.0 0.6 No
60 or more 18,193 4.6 29,260 6.6 0.2 23,917 5.8 0.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.1 (X) 25.9 (X) NA 24.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 394,800 100.0 442,200 100.0 NA 411,588 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 14,800 3.7 19,425 4.4 0.1 20,063 4.9 0.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 19,006 4.8 21,055 4.8 0.1 19,058 4.6 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 42,200 10.7 43,990 9.9 0.2 38,653 9.4 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 54,950 13.9 56,300 12.7 0.2 52,808 12.8 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 74,249 18.8 75,645 17.1 0.2 64,366 15.6 0.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 54,694 13.9 62,770 14.2 0.2 60,382 14.7 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 28,686 7.3 29,430 6.7 0.2 35,948 8.7 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 99,943 25.3 116,910 26.4 0.3 111,381 27.1 1.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,272 1.6 9,575 2.2 0.1 8,929 2.2 0.3 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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