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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: District of Columbia

Download an Excel file* of this document: district_of_columbia.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 606,900 572,059 x x
Total Persons in Household 565,183 536,497 515,118 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 304,428 260,884 249,865 4,239
Total Workers, Place of Work 730,448 671,680 669,068 13,056
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.40 2.57 2.68 0.07

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 730,448 100.0 671,680 100.0 NA 669,068 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 305,428 41.8 310,690 46.3 0.3 290,822 43.5 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 89,104 12.2 73,160 10.9 0.2 60,696 9.1 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 24,815 3.4 21,440 3.2 0.1 15,324 2.3 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 35,137 4.8 15,870 2.4 0.1 10,108 1.5 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 217,765 29.8 197,590 29.4 0.2 243,180 36.3 0.9 Yes
Walked 37,753 5.2 31,670 4.7 0.1 25,990 3.9 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 11,330 1.6 11,320 1.7 0.1 11,838 1.8 0.2 No
Worked at home 9,116 1.2 9,930 1.5 0.1 11,110 1.7 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 721,332 100.0 661,750 100.0 NA 657,958 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 25,602 3.5 18,830 2.8 0.1 16,446 2.5 0.4 No
10 to 14 41,450 5.7 28,835 4.4 0.1 23,984 3.6 0.4 Yes
15 to 19 61,485 8.5 46,455 7.0 0.1 45,767 7.0 0.6 No
20 to 24 83,287 11.5 67,440 10.2 0.2 63,799 9.7 0.6 No
25 to 29 44,299 6.1 36,985 5.6 0.1 36,023 5.5 0.5 No
30 to 34 135,310 18.8 118,330 17.9 0.2 112,706 17.1 0.9 No
35 to 44 82,274 11.4 77,885 11.8 0.2 77,554 11.8 0.7 No
45 to 59 126,578 17.5 124,105 18.8 0.2 120,585 18.3 1.0 No
60 or more 121,047 16.8 142,875 21.6 0.2 161,094 24.5 1.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 35.4 (X) 40.3 (X) NA 40.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 721,332 100.0 661,750 100.0 NA 657,958 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 25,086 3.5 24,900 3.8 0.1 34,361 5.2 0.6 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 35,527 4.9 31,910 4.8 0.1 34,823 5.3 0.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 62,430 8.7 51,980 7.9 0.1 53,676 8.2 0.7 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 84,524 11.7 67,845 10.3 0.2 68,826 10.5 0.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 108,724 15.1 92,720 14.0 0.2 89,406 13.6 0.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 121,744 16.9 108,400 16.4 0.2 97,315 14.8 0.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 106,480 14.8 87,345 13.2 0.2 94,711 14.4 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 167,632 23.2 175,635 26.5 0.2 174,856 26.6 1.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 9,185 1.3 9,695 1.5 0.1 9,984 1.5 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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