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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: franklin_county_pennsylvania.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 121,082 129,313 x x
Total Persons in Household 118,456 126,284 134,409 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 59,189 61,973 65,163 2,169
Total Workers, Place of Work 54,051 54,310 54,589 2,972
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.91 0.88 0.84 0.07

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 54,051 100.0 54,310 100.0 NA 54,589 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 40,864 75.6 44,265 81.5 0.6 43,078 78.9 3.3 No
2-person carpool 5,810 10.7 4,270 7.9 0.4 5,613 10.3 2.2 Yes
3-person carpool 784 1.5 585 1.1 0.2 828 1.5 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 678 1.3 385 0.7 0.1 269 0.5 0.4 No
Public Transportation 118 0.2 179 0.3 0.1 88 0.2 0.2 No
Walked 2,585 4.8 1,645 3.0 0.3 1,363 2.5 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 595 1.1 515 0.9 0.2 705 1.3 0.8 No
Worked at home 2,617 4.8 2,465 4.5 0.3 2,645 4.8 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 51,434 100.0 51,845 100.0 NA 51,944 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,924 23.2 10,265 19.8 0.6 10,211 19.7 2.7 No
10 to 14 10,138 19.7 9,680 18.7 0.6 9,031 17.4 2.8 No
15 to 19 9,635 18.7 9,100 17.6 0.6 9,803 18.9 2.1 No
20 to 24 7,307 14.2 7,890 15.2 0.6 7,194 13.8 2.0 No
25 to 29 2,635 5.1 2,935 5.7 0.4 2,773 5.3 1.4 No
30 to 34 4,543 8.8 5,020 9.7 0.5 4,674 9.0 1.6 No
35 to 44 1,723 3.3 2,075 4.0 0.3 2,592 5.0 1.1 No
45 to 59 1,999 3.9 2,260 4.4 0.3 2,885 5.6 1.4 No
60 or more 1,530 3.0 2,610 5.0 0.4 2,781 5.4 1.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.8 (X) 20.9 (X) NA 20.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 51,434 100.0 51,845 100.0 NA 51,944 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,519 8.8 4,940 9.5 0.5 4,991 9.6 1.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,107 8.0 3,685 7.1 0.4 3,809 7.3 1.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,989 17.5 7,170 13.8 0.6 6,666 12.8 2.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,415 12.5 6,030 11.6 0.5 6,683 12.9 2.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,157 13.9 7,960 15.4 0.6 7,947 15.3 2.4 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,134 10.0 5,460 10.5 0.5 4,968 9.6 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,481 4.8 2,105 4.1 0.3 2,797 5.4 1.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 11,284 21.9 12,160 23.5 0.7 10,861 20.9 3.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,348 2.6 1,930 3.7 0.3 3,222 6.2 1.7 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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