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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Hampden County, Massachusetts

Download an Excel file* of this document: hampden_county_massachusetts.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 456,310 456,228 x x
Total Persons in Household 441,257 441,799 447,309 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 206,877 202,127 200,681 4,819
Total Workers, Place of Work 203,698 199,110 190,200 5,642
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.98 0.99 0.95 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 203,698 100.0 199,110 100.0 NA 190,200 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 162,900 80.0 162,940 81.8 0.4 160,199 84.2 1.4 Yes
2-person carpool 19,607 9.6 16,370 8.2 0.3 12,338 6.5 1.0 Yes
3-person carpool 1,970 1.0 2,275 1.1 0.1 2,679 1.4 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 956 0.5 1,175 0.6 0.1 1,128 0.6 0.4 No
Public Transportation 4,703 2.3 4,510 2.3 0.1 3,266 1.7 0.5 No
Walked 7,764 3.8 6,000 3.0 0.2 4,089 2.1 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,820 0.9 1,590 0.8 0.1 1,274 0.7 0.3 No
Worked at home 3,978 2.0 4,255 2.1 0.1 5,227 2.7 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 199,720 100.0 194,855 100.0 NA 184,973 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 35,239 17.6 30,520 15.7 0.4 29,415 15.9 1.6 No
10 to 14 40,067 20.1 35,975 18.5 0.4 34,279 18.5 1.4 No
15 to 19 42,931 21.5 37,015 19.0 0.4 37,914 20.5 1.6 No
20 to 24 33,629 16.8 34,135 17.5 0.4 30,701 16.6 1.5 No
25 to 29 11,315 5.7 12,920 6.6 0.2 13,341 7.2 1.0 No
30 to 34 19,413 9.7 20,700 10.6 0.3 18,252 9.9 1.2 No
35 to 44 6,130 3.1 8,100 4.2 0.2 8,234 4.5 0.7 No
45 to 59 5,947 3.0 7,780 4.0 0.2 6,136 3.3 0.6 Yes
60 or more 5,049 2.5 7,720 4.0 0.2 6,701 3.6 0.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.2 (X) 21.0 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 199,720 100.0 194,855 100.0 NA 184,973 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,949 4.0 9,510 4.9 0.2 8,997 4.9 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 10,020 5.0 10,425 5.4 0.2 11,475 6.2 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 23,144 11.6 21,225 10.9 0.3 20,848 11.3 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 23,898 12.0 23,195 11.9 0.3 23,038 12.5 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 31,691 15.9 30,765 15.8 0.4 24,529 13.3 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 29,619 14.8 27,255 14.0 0.3 27,055 14.6 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 17,238 8.6 13,860 7.1 0.3 15,463 8.4 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 52,873 26.5 50,730 26.0 0.4 48,921 26.4 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,288 1.6 4,810 2.5 0.2 4,647 2.5 0.5 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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