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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Fairfield County, Connecticut

Download an Excel file* of this document: fairfield_county_connecticut.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 827,645 882,567 x x
Total Persons in Household 811,886 864,591 884,050 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 423,064 419,237 419,902 6,491
Total Workers, Place of Work 435,888 443,950 441,285 10,968
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.03 1.06 1.05 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 435,888 100.0 443,950 100.0 NA 441,285 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 347,573 79.7 351,180 79.1 0.3 350,732 79.5 1.6 No
2-person carpool 38,489 8.8 33,830 7.6 0.2 29,554 6.7 0.9 No
3-person carpool 4,675 1.1 6,185 1.4 0.1 5,052 1.1 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,126 0.7 3,680 0.8 0.1 4,108 0.9 0.4 No
Public Transportation 11,422 2.6 16,565 3.7 0.1 19,905 4.5 0.5 Yes
Walked 11,971 2.7 9,675 2.2 0.1 8,871 2.0 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,861 0.9 3,875 0.9 0.1 5,275 1.2 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 14,771 3.4 18,965 4.3 0.1 17,788 4.0 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 421,117 100.0 424,985 100.0 NA 423,497 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 59,553 14.1 51,795 12.2 0.2 45,628 10.8 0.8 Yes
10 to 14 76,575 18.2 68,260 16.1 0.2 60,885 14.4 1.0 Yes
15 to 19 79,267 18.8 69,420 16.3 0.3 68,554 16.2 1.0 No
20 to 24 60,739 14.4 59,725 14.1 0.2 62,736 14.8 1.1 No
25 to 29 22,615 5.4 23,110 5.4 0.2 24,150 5.7 0.8 No
30 to 34 47,072 11.2 50,560 11.9 0.2 52,933 12.5 1.1 No
35 to 44 24,550 5.8 27,745 6.5 0.2 31,534 7.4 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 28,042 6.7 34,925 8.2 0.2 34,368 8.1 0.8 No
60 or more 22,704 5.4 39,445 9.3 0.2 42,709 10.1 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 26.4 (X) NA 26.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 421,117 100.0 424,985 100.0 NA 423,497 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 10,611 2.5 11,885 2.8 0.1 12,745 3.0 0.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 15,486 3.7 16,330 3.8 0.1 16,818 4.0 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 36,649 8.7 33,695 7.9 0.2 37,824 8.9 0.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 51,050 12.1 51,165 12.0 0.2 53,303 12.6 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 72,994 17.3 71,335 16.8 0.3 66,762 15.8 1.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 81,030 19.2 77,335 18.2 0.3 70,632 16.7 1.1 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 54,227 12.9 46,955 11.0 0.2 55,503 13.1 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 94,497 22.4 101,430 23.9 0.3 104,580 24.7 1.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,573 1.1 5,705 1.3 0.1 5,330 1.3 0.3 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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