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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Edison CDP, New Jersey

Download an Excel file* of this document: edison_cdp_new_jersey.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 88,680 97,687 x x
Total Persons in Household 86,731 95,587 99,612 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 48,704 49,244 50,480 4,300
Total Workers, Place of Work 68,850 68,190 67,811 5,194
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.41 1.38 1.34 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 68,850 100.0 68,190 100.0 NA 67,811 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 55,970 81.3 54,275 79.6 0.7 54,420 80.3 8.6 No
2-person carpool 6,810 9.9 6,260 9.2 0.5 4,713 7.0 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 1,248 1.8 1,330 2.0 0.2 2,518 3.7 2.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,203 1.7 1,575 2.3 0.3 1,658 2.4 1.6 No
Public Transportation 1,404 2.0 1,909 2.8 0.3 1,830 2.7 1.4 No
Walked 842 1.2 1,150 1.7 0.2 601 0.9 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 679 1.0 800 1.2 0.2 1,214 1.8 1.3 No
Worked at home 694 1.0 890 1.3 0.2 857 1.3 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,156 100.0 67,300 100.0 NA 66,954 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,788 8.5 5,355 8.0 0.5 6,666 10.0 2.1 No
10 to 14 7,813 11.5 7,045 10.5 0.5 7,082 10.6 2.7 No
15 to 19 10,751 15.8 9,915 14.7 0.6 9,861 14.7 3.3 No
20 to 24 10,302 15.1 9,260 13.8 0.6 10,154 15.2 2.7 No
25 to 29 4,379 6.4 4,210 6.3 0.4 4,409 6.6 2.1 No
30 to 34 11,042 16.2 10,690 15.9 0.6 9,941 14.8 2.6 No
35 to 44 5,400 7.9 5,750 8.5 0.5 3,893 5.8 1.5 Yes
45 to 59 6,469 9.5 7,375 11.0 0.5 5,861 8.8 1.6 Yes
60 or more 6,212 9.1 7,710 11.5 0.5 9,087 13.6 2.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.0 (X) 30.1 (X) NA 30.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,156 100.0 67,300 100.0 NA 66,954 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,599 3.8 2,920 4.3 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,817 4.1 2,960 4.4 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,864 10.1 6,085 9.0 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,467 11.0 6,540 9.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,348 15.2 10,265 15.3 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,393 16.7 9,705 14.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,254 12.1 7,010 10.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,968 24.9 19,055 28.3 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,446 2.1 1,580 2.3 0.3 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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