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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Fort Collins city, Colorado

Download an Excel file* of this document: fort_collins_city_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 87,758 118,652 x x
Total Persons in Household 82,201 112,597 122,297 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 44,556 64,531 68,314 3,617
Total Workers, Place of Work 54,558 74,055 80,547 3,959
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.22 1.15 1.18 0.13

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 54,558 100.0 74,055 100.0 NA 80,547 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 41,395 75.9 57,565 77.7 0.7 64,018 79.5 1.8 No
2-person carpool 4,844 8.9 5,860 7.9 0.5 5,576 6.9 1.9 No
3-person carpool 435 0.8 1,050 1.4 0.2 302 0.4 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 229 0.4 425 0.6 0.1 81 0.1 0.1 Yes
Public Transportation 624 1.1 985 1.3 0.2 1,009 1.3 0.7 No
Walked 2,684 4.9 2,255 3.0 0.3 1,988 2.5 1.2 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,533 4.6 3,104 4.2 0.4 3,509 4.4 1.4 No
Worked at home 1,814 3.3 2,800 3.8 0.3 4,064 5.0 2.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 52,744 100.0 71,255 100.0 NA 76,483 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,840 20.6 12,850 18.0 0.7 12,236 16.0 2.7 No
10 to 14 14,248 27.0 17,210 24.2 0.8 18,754 24.5 2.7 No
15 to 19 12,397 23.5 16,015 22.5 0.7 17,154 22.4 3.1 No
20 to 24 6,606 12.5 10,460 14.7 0.6 11,902 15.6 2.0 No
25 to 29 1,748 3.3 3,155 4.4 0.4 3,942 5.2 1.2 No
30 to 34 3,469 6.6 5,340 7.5 0.5 5,237 6.8 1.4 No
35 to 44 1,027 1.9 1,750 2.5 0.3 2,580 3.4 1.4 No
45 to 59 965 1.8 2,135 3.0 0.3 2,160 2.8 0.9 No
60 or more 1,444 2.7 2,345 3.3 0.3 2,518 3.3 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.4 (X) 18.4 (X) NA 17.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 52,744 100.0 71,255 100.0 NA 76,483 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,560 3.0 2,705 3.8 0.3 3,380 4.4 1.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,114 4.0 3,300 4.6 0.4 2,828 3.7 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,478 8.5 5,965 8.4 0.5 7,378 9.6 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,627 12.6 8,535 12.0 0.6 8,940 11.7 1.6 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,923 20.7 12,820 18.0 0.7 15,278 20.0 2.5 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,830 14.8 11,225 15.8 0.7 10,876 14.2 2.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,563 6.8 5,075 7.1 0.5 6,701 8.8 1.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 14,729 27.9 20,115 28.2 0.8 20,247 26.5 3.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 920 1.7 1,075 1.5 0.2 855 1.1 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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