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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: El Paso County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: el_paso_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 591,610 679,622 x x
Total Persons in Household 579,665 666,878 708,319 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 226,589 244,464 260,251 6,048
Total Workers, Place of Work 226,345 246,950 259,601 6,440
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.00 1.01 1.00 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 226,345 100.0 246,950 100.0 NA 259,601 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 165,676 73.2 188,135 76.2 0.4 205,929 79.3 1.8 Yes
2-person carpool 30,262 13.4 30,845 12.5 0.3 22,627 8.7 1.2 Yes
3-person carpool 5,008 2.2 6,145 2.5 0.1 3,514 1.4 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,300 1.0 3,050 1.2 0.1 2,319 0.9 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 6,027 2.7 5,265 2.1 0.1 5,918 2.3 0.7 No
Walked 8,311 3.7 5,130 2.1 0.1 5,561 2.1 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,835 1.7 3,130 1.3 0.1 7,809 3.0 0.8 Yes
Worked at home 4,926 2.2 5,250 2.1 0.1 5,924 2.3 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 221,419 100.0 241,700 100.0 NA 253,677 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,735 13.0 26,910 11.1 0.3 29,895 11.8 1.1 No
10 to 14 35,127 15.9 35,065 14.5 0.3 39,965 15.8 1.5 No
15 to 19 50,853 23.0 46,200 19.1 0.4 50,647 20.0 1.5 No
20 to 24 42,970 19.4 47,000 19.4 0.4 47,908 18.9 1.5 No
25 to 29 14,114 6.4 18,320 7.6 0.3 19,083 7.5 1.1 No
30 to 34 31,947 14.4 39,255 16.2 0.4 37,481 14.8 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 5,353 2.4 10,260 4.2 0.2 10,471 4.1 0.8 No
45 to 59 6,655 3.0 10,325 4.3 0.2 13,338 5.3 1.3 No
60 or more 5,665 2.6 8,365 3.5 0.2 4,889 1.9 0.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.8 (X) 22.5 (X) NA 20.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 221,419 100.0 241,700 100.0 NA 253,677 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 14,286 6.5 15,700 6.5 0.2 16,748 6.6 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 13,339 6.0 14,095 5.8 0.2 14,746 5.8 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 25,745 11.6 24,445 10.1 0.3 25,927 10.2 1.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 32,963 14.9 31,370 13.0 0.3 35,475 14.0 1.6 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 40,915 18.5 45,950 19.0 0.4 42,022 16.6 1.4 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 26,994 12.2 31,850 13.2 0.3 33,555 13.2 1.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 11,775 5.3 11,390 4.7 0.2 14,685 5.8 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 50,096 22.6 59,480 24.6 0.4 63,566 25.1 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,306 2.4 5,620 2.3 0.1 6,953 2.7 0.6 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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