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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Erie County, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: erie_county_new_york.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 968,532 950,265 x x
Total Persons in Household 944,115 919,474 898,981 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 432,883 421,809 406,456 6,240
Total Workers, Place of Work 448,628 446,320 430,083 6,575
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.04 1.06 1.06 0.02

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 448,628 100.0 446,320 100.0 NA 430,083 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 343,576 76.6 363,670 81.5 0.3 353,557 82.2 1.1 No
2-person carpool 44,109 9.8 36,605 8.2 0.2 30,648 7.1 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 5,126 1.1 4,090 0.9 0.1 1,924 0.4 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,119 0.5 2,050 0.5 0.0 1,587 0.4 0.2 No
Public Transportation 22,693 5.1 16,710 3.7 0.1 14,738 3.4 0.5 No
Walked 18,831 4.2 11,175 2.5 0.1 9,358 2.2 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,122 0.9 3,075 0.7 0.1 6,526 1.5 0.4 Yes
Worked at home 8,052 1.8 8,950 2.0 0.1 11,745 2.7 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 440,576 100.0 437,370 100.0 NA 418,338 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 66,548 15.1 59,475 13.6 0.2 58,794 14.1 0.8 No
10 to 14 72,282 16.4 71,540 16.4 0.3 67,337 16.1 1.0 No
15 to 19 80,262 18.2 78,965 18.1 0.3 74,280 17.8 0.9 No
20 to 24 82,144 18.6 81,605 18.7 0.3 78,146 18.7 1.2 No
25 to 29 33,667 7.6 34,740 7.9 0.2 35,708 8.5 0.8 No
30 to 34 57,046 12.9 53,515 12.2 0.2 52,001 12.4 0.7 No
35 to 44 20,324 4.6 22,760 5.2 0.2 20,142 4.8 0.4 No
45 to 59 17,066 3.9 18,475 4.2 0.1 19,887 4.8 0.7 No
60 or more 11,237 2.6 16,300 3.7 0.1 12,043 2.9 0.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.1 (X) 22.1 (X) NA 20.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 440,576 100.0 437,370 100.0 NA 418,338 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 13,865 3.1 16,840 3.9 0.1 19,445 4.6 0.5 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 17,921 4.1 20,270 4.6 0.2 18,652 4.5 0.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 42,203 9.6 42,400 9.7 0.2 38,971 9.3 0.7 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 49,258 11.2 49,245 11.3 0.2 49,608 11.9 0.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 75,280 17.1 76,705 17.5 0.3 69,200 16.5 0.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 67,237 15.3 63,820 14.6 0.3 55,703 13.3 0.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 43,171 9.8 32,530 7.4 0.2 34,944 8.4 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 125,755 28.5 119,990 27.4 0.3 124,773 29.8 1.3 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,886 1.3 9,155 2.1 0.1 7,042 1.7 0.3 Yes

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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