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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Fairfax County, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: fairfax_county_virginia.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 818,584 969,749 x x
Total Persons in Household 804,578 959,452 998,690 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 480,550 527,464 524,212 6,191
Total Workers, Place of Work 408,541 506,270 524,477 13,950
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.85 0.96 1.00 0.05

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 408,541 100.0 506,270 100.0 NA 524,477 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 318,816 78.0 406,510 80.3 0.2 423,108 80.7 0.8 No
2-person carpool 40,126 9.8 41,135 8.1 0.2 37,817 7.2 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 7,162 1.8 7,825 1.5 0.1 9,177 1.7 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 5,774 1.4 5,535 1.1 0.1 4,898 0.9 0.4 No
Public Transportation 10,295 2.5 11,915 2.4 0.1 11,996 2.3 0.5 No
Walked 8,381 2.1 6,870 1.4 0.1 8,451 1.6 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,786 0.9 4,465 0.9 0.1 6,220 1.2 0.2 Yes
Worked at home 14,201 3.5 22,025 4.4 0.1 22,810 4.3 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 394,340 100.0 484,245 100.0 NA 501,667 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 34,382 8.7 31,940 6.6 0.2 31,944 6.4 0.7 No
10 to 14 42,943 10.9 42,650 8.8 0.2 42,995 8.6 0.8 No
15 to 19 49,482 12.5 55,930 11.5 0.2 55,105 11.0 0.9 No
20 to 24 50,174 12.7 62,080 12.8 0.2 63,817 12.7 0.9 No
25 to 29 23,579 6.0 30,265 6.2 0.2 29,003 5.8 0.6 No
30 to 34 60,594 15.4 78,185 16.1 0.2 75,820 15.1 0.9 Yes
35 to 44 33,985 8.6 47,175 9.7 0.2 49,280 9.8 0.8 No
45 to 59 48,267 12.2 64,735 13.4 0.2 64,096 12.8 0.9 No
60 or more 50,934 12.9 71,285 14.7 0.2 89,607 17.9 0.8 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 30.0 (X) 33.5 (X) NA 33.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 394,340 100.0 484,245 100.0 NA 501,667 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,804 4.5 19,855 4.1 0.1 27,276 5.4 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 22,344 5.7 25,930 5.4 0.1 26,299 5.2 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 37,639 9.5 41,480 8.6 0.2 46,118 9.2 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 49,701 12.6 56,055 11.6 0.2 57,472 11.5 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 60,919 15.4 70,875 14.6 0.2 65,484 13.1 0.7 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 61,927 15.7 76,880 15.9 0.2 68,083 13.6 0.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 45,720 11.6 51,630 10.7 0.2 62,601 12.5 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 91,503 23.2 124,025 25.6 0.3 138,480 27.6 1.3 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,783 1.7 7,645 1.6 0.1 9,854 2.0 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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