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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Costa Mesa city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: costa_mesa_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 96,357 108,724 x x
Total Persons in Household 94,050 105,454 105,333 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 57,863 55,630 52,135 4,878
Total Workers, Place of Work 78,633 80,445 83,887 6,556
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.36 1.45 1.61 0.31

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 78,633 100.0 80,445 100.0 NA 83,887 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 59,396 75.5 62,355 77.5 0.7 66,213 78.9 2.9 No
2-person carpool 9,313 11.8 8,045 10.0 0.5 7,702 9.2 2.2 No
3-person carpool 1,562 2.0 1,750 2.2 0.2 1,592 1.9 1.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 691 0.9 910 1.1 0.2 1,128 1.3 0.7 No
Public Transportation 2,398 3.0 2,348 2.9 0.3 2,024 2.4 1.5 No
Walked 1,705 2.2 1,435 1.8 0.2 1,322 1.6 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,904 2.4 1,520 1.9 0.2 1,430 1.7 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,664 2.1 2,080 2.6 0.3 2,476 3.0 1.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 76,969 100.0 78,365 100.0 NA 81,411 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,297 10.8 6,795 8.7 0.5 7,261 8.9 2.0 No
10 to 14 9,966 12.9 9,100 11.6 0.5 9,324 11.5 2.3 No
15 to 19 13,000 16.9 11,675 14.9 0.6 12,293 15.1 2.6 No
20 to 24 11,567 15.0 12,625 16.1 0.6 11,981 14.7 2.2 No
25 to 29 4,473 5.8 4,605 5.9 0.4 6,402 7.9 1.9 Yes
30 to 34 12,040 15.6 13,510 17.2 0.6 12,524 15.4 2.2 No
35 to 44 5,225 6.8 5,350 6.8 0.4 5,130 6.3 1.5 No
45 to 59 6,074 7.9 6,515 8.3 0.5 6,901 8.5 1.6 No
60 or more 6,327 8.2 8,190 10.5 0.5 9,595 11.8 2.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.7 (X) 28.7 (X) NA 28.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 76,969 100.0 78,365 100.0 NA 81,411 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,724 4.8 3,990 5.1 0.4 4,063 5.0 1.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,508 5.9 3,880 5.0 0.4 5,948 7.3 2.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,084 9.2 6,255 8.0 0.5 7,361 9.0 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,906 12.9 8,850 11.3 0.5 8,176 10.0 1.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,020 15.6 12,515 16.0 0.6 10,668 13.1 2.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,732 15.2 11,850 15.1 0.6 13,876 17.0 2.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,267 9.4 6,835 8.7 0.5 7,472 9.2 1.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 19,253 25.0 21,705 27.7 0.8 21,511 26.4 2.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,475 1.9 1,790 2.3 0.3 2,336 2.9 1.2 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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