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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: El Paso County, Colorado

Download an Excel file* of this document: el_paso_county_colorado.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 397,014 516,929 x x
Total Persons in Household 381,460 501,533 550,130 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 197,436 263,805 262,037 4,702
Total Workers, Place of Work 198,374 265,430 265,921 6,468
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.00 1.01 1.01 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 198,374 100.0 265,430 100.0 NA 265,921 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 148,207 74.7 207,740 78.3 0.4 210,777 79.3 0.8 Yes
2-person carpool 22,042 11.1 26,150 9.9 0.3 23,184 8.7 1.2 No
3-person carpool 3,336 1.7 4,080 1.5 0.1 3,911 1.5 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,220 0.6 2,255 0.8 0.1 1,673 0.6 0.3 No
Public Transportation 1,944 1.0 2,165 0.8 0.1 2,160 0.8 0.4 No
Walked 12,194 6.1 9,415 3.5 0.2 6,178 2.3 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,571 1.3 2,955 1.1 0.1 4,271 1.6 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 6,860 3.5 10,665 4.0 0.2 13,767 5.2 0.9 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 191,514 100.0 254,765 100.0 NA 252,154 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 32,928 17.2 34,525 13.6 0.3 32,735 13.0 1.4 No
10 to 14 35,182 18.4 41,955 16.5 0.4 35,771 14.2 1.2 Yes
15 to 19 41,595 21.7 47,950 18.8 0.4 42,950 17.0 1.4 Yes
20 to 24 35,328 18.4 48,430 19.0 0.4 49,855 19.8 1.6 No
25 to 29 11,254 5.9 17,385 6.8 0.2 19,677 7.8 1.1 No
30 to 34 18,244 9.5 31,805 12.5 0.3 35,258 14.0 1.2 Yes
35 to 44 5,467 2.9 10,505 4.1 0.2 12,847 5.1 0.9 Yes
45 to 59 6,131 3.2 11,325 4.4 0.2 12,120 4.8 0.7 No
60 or more 5,385 2.8 10,890 4.3 0.2 10,941 4.3 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 22.0 (X) NA 21.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 191,514 100.0 254,765 100.0 NA 252,154 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,768 6.7 16,255 6.4 0.2 18,678 7.4 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 15,303 8.0 20,545 8.1 0.3 16,840 6.7 1.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 23,737 12.4 31,575 12.4 0.3 30,061 11.9 1.2 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 33,082 17.3 36,785 14.4 0.3 35,451 14.1 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 31,715 16.6 41,675 16.4 0.4 39,039 15.5 1.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,599 10.8 29,850 11.7 0.3 31,514 12.5 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,395 5.4 14,770 5.8 0.2 18,048 7.2 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 40,256 21.0 56,215 22.1 0.4 56,407 22.4 1.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,659 1.9 5,675 2.2 0.1 6,116 2.4 0.5 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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