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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Comal County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: comal_county_texas.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 51,832 78,021 x x
Total Persons in Household 50,941 76,754 94,794 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 22,867 35,943 46,204 2,165
Total Workers, Place of Work 20,442 31,765 38,435 3,654
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.89 0.88 0.83 0.13

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 20,442 100.0 31,765 100.0 NA 38,435 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 15,294 74.8 24,675 77.7 1.1 28,821 75.0 5.0 No
2-person carpool 2,712 13.3 3,665 11.5 0.9 3,812 9.9 3.1 No
3-person carpool 430 2.1 725 2.3 0.4 636 1.7 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 155 0.8 600 1.9 0.4 367 1.0 0.9 No
Public Transportation 54 0.3 130 0.4 0.2 131 0.3 0.6 No
Walked 556 2.7 420 1.3 0.3 468 1.2 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 233 1.1 225 0.7 0.2 771 2.0 1.1 Yes
Worked at home 1,008 4.9 1,325 4.2 0.5 3,429 8.9 2.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,434 100.0 30,440 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,104 21.1 4,805 15.8 1.0 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 4,337 22.3 5,630 18.5 1.1 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,775 19.4 5,370 17.6 1.0 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,257 11.6 4,290 14.1 1.0 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 921 4.7 1,740 5.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 1,979 10.2 4,140 13.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 515 2.6 1,235 4.1 0.5 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 768 4.0 1,730 5.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 778 4.0 1,500 4.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.6 (X) 22.4 (X) NA 18.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 19,434 100.0 30,440 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 780 4.0 1,450 4.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 705 3.6 1,605 5.3 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,808 9.3 3,285 10.8 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,846 14.6 4,125 13.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,170 21.5 5,655 18.6 1.1 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 2,472 12.7 4,155 13.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,283 6.6 1,500 4.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,001 25.7 7,265 23.9 1.2 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 369 1.9 980 3.2 0.5 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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