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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Denton County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: denton_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 273,525 432,976 x x
Total Persons in Household 265,796 423,826 544,511 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 151,068 235,672 290,181 5,229
Total Workers, Place of Work 81,231 141,075 170,732 7,174
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.54 0.60 0.59 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 81,231 100.0 141,075 100.0 NA 170,732 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 61,752 76.0 105,240 74.6 0.5 132,533 77.6 1.6 Yes
2-person carpool 8,289 10.2 14,615 10.4 0.3 13,001 7.6 1.3 Yes
3-person carpool 1,640 2.0 3,280 2.3 0.2 2,596 1.5 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,009 1.2 2,595 1.8 0.1 2,265 1.3 0.7 No
Public Transportation 103 0.1 775 0.5 0.1 223 0.1 0.1 Yes
Walked 3,440 4.2 3,715 2.6 0.2 4,151 2.4 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 920 1.1 2,060 1.5 0.1 2,438 1.4 0.5 No
Worked at home 4,078 5.0 8,800 6.2 0.3 13,525 7.9 1.0 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 77,153 100.0 132,275 100.0 NA 157,207 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 16,992 22.0 23,310 17.6 0.4 29,616 18.8 1.6 No
10 to 14 16,398 21.3 23,115 17.5 0.4 26,476 16.8 1.7 No
15 to 19 13,160 17.1 21,450 16.2 0.4 23,718 15.1 1.8 No
20 to 24 9,093 11.8 16,255 12.3 0.4 18,892 12.0 1.8 No
25 to 29 2,886 3.7 6,255 4.7 0.2 7,216 4.6 1.2 No
30 to 34 7,426 9.6 16,025 12.1 0.4 19,432 12.4 1.3 No
35 to 44 3,062 4.0 6,860 5.2 0.2 9,373 6.0 1.1 No
45 to 59 4,538 5.9 10,005 7.6 0.3 14,002 8.9 1.6 No
60 or more 3,598 4.7 8,995 6.8 0.3 8,482 5.4 0.9 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.6 (X) 23.8 (X) NA 21.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 77,153 100.0 132,275 100.0 NA 157,207 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,486 3.2 6,575 5.0 0.2 8,567 5.4 1.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,156 4.1 6,705 5.1 0.2 8,383 5.3 1.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,785 10.1 11,035 8.3 0.3 14,190 9.0 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,571 12.4 15,735 11.9 0.4 17,161 10.9 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 15,497 20.1 25,210 19.1 0.4 31,136 19.8 2.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,351 14.7 18,540 14.0 0.4 22,291 14.2 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,031 6.5 7,645 5.8 0.3 10,651 6.8 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 20,847 27.0 36,600 27.7 0.5 41,690 26.5 2.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,429 1.9 2,850 2.2 0.2 3,138 2.0 0.7 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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