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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Compton city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: compton_city_california.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 90,454 93,493 x x
Total Persons in Household 89,719 92,843 97,833 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 29,343 26,282 34,383 4,878
Total Workers, Place of Work 30,582 29,435 28,589 3,547
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.04 1.12 0.83 0.28

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 30,582 100.0 29,435 100.0 NA 28,589 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 21,610 70.7 20,555 69.8 1.3 19,041 66.6 7.8 No
2-person carpool 4,472 14.6 3,835 13.0 0.9 3,432 12.0 3.5 No
3-person carpool 918 3.0 1,125 3.8 0.5 1,349 4.7 2.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 610 2.0 565 1.9 0.4 335 1.2 0.8 No
Public Transportation 1,361 4.5 1,775 6.0 0.7 1,671 5.8 2.1 No
Walked 685 2.2 670 2.3 0.4 404 1.4 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 493 1.6 385 1.3 0.3 1,347 4.7 4.6 No
Worked at home 433 1.4 525 1.8 0.4 1,010 3.5 1.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 30,149 100.0 28,910 100.0 NA 27,579 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 1,892 6.3 1,550 5.4 0.6 1,947 7.1 2.9 No
10 to 14 3,399 11.3 3,020 10.4 0.9 2,988 10.8 4.0 No
15 to 19 4,957 16.4 4,655 16.1 1.0 5,049 18.3 3.8 No
20 to 24 4,747 15.7 4,815 16.7 1.0 5,752 20.9 5.9 No
25 to 29 2,034 6.7 1,790 6.2 0.7 1,794 6.5 2.5 No
30 to 34 5,947 19.7 5,565 19.2 1.1 4,380 15.9 5.3 No
35 to 44 1,868 6.2 1,985 6.9 0.7 1,411 5.1 1.6 Yes
45 to 59 2,455 8.1 2,665 9.2 0.8 2,017 7.3 2.5 No
60 or more 2,850 9.5 2,865 9.9 0.8 2,241 8.1 4.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.9 (X) 29.9 (X) NA 24.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 30,149 100.0 28,910 100.0 NA 27,579 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,709 9.0 2,405 8.3 0.8 3,197 11.6 3.1 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,241 7.4 1,995 6.9 0.7 2,355 8.5 5.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,187 13.9 3,110 10.8 0.9 2,039 7.4 2.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,237 14.1 3,510 12.1 0.9 3,896 14.1 3.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,300 17.6 4,890 16.9 1.1 3,773 13.7 3.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,052 10.1 3,295 11.4 0.9 3,416 12.4 5.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,768 5.9 1,365 4.7 0.6 1,280 4.6 2.0 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,720 19.0 6,405 22.2 1.2 5,188 18.8 3.1 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 935 3.1 1,625 5.6 0.6 2,435 8.8 4.2 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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