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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Hartford County, Connecticut

Download an Excel file* of this document: hartford_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 851,783 857,183 x x
Total Persons in Household 827,887 830,338 850,068 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 432,836 403,863 402,667 6,173
Total Workers, Place of Work 521,109 478,125 477,149 8,201
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.20 1.18 1.18 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 521,109 100.0 478,125 100.0 NA 477,149 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 412,627 79.2 398,445 83.3 0.2 405,235 84.9 0.7 Yes
2-person carpool 48,877 9.4 35,365 7.4 0.2 28,176 5.9 0.5 Yes
3-person carpool 6,613 1.3 4,480 0.9 0.1 3,133 0.7 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 7,092 1.4 3,510 0.7 0.1 4,396 0.9 0.3 No
Public Transportation 20,627 4.0 14,795 3.1 0.1 13,264 2.8 0.5 No
Walked 13,490 2.6 8,565 1.8 0.1 5,420 1.1 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,920 0.8 3,215 0.7 0.1 5,596 1.2 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 7,863 1.5 9,745 2.0 0.1 11,929 2.5 0.3 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 513,246 100.0 468,380 100.0 NA 465,220 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 63,940 12.5 55,440 11.8 0.2 54,284 11.7 0.7 No
10 to 14 76,707 14.9 69,605 14.9 0.2 63,507 13.7 0.7 Yes
15 to 19 87,684 17.1 78,535 16.8 0.2 78,864 17.0 0.9 No
20 to 24 83,852 16.3 78,900 16.8 0.2 72,913 15.7 1.0 Yes
25 to 29 36,010 7.0 34,320 7.3 0.2 39,623 8.5 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 72,204 14.1 63,640 13.6 0.2 65,180 14.0 0.9 No
35 to 44 35,822 7.0 32,975 7.0 0.2 33,207 7.1 0.7 No
45 to 59 36,530 7.1 30,420 6.5 0.2 31,402 6.7 0.6 No
60 or more 20,497 4.0 24,545 5.2 0.1 26,240 5.6 0.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 23.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 513,246 100.0 468,380 100.0 NA 465,220 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 16,350 3.2 19,790 4.2 0.1 23,120 5.0 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 26,672 5.2 22,870 4.9 0.1 24,978 5.4 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 64,737 12.6 49,255 10.5 0.2 50,890 10.9 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 74,198 14.5 63,150 13.5 0.2 64,509 13.9 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 93,846 18.3 87,560 18.7 0.3 79,663 17.1 0.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 79,352 15.5 70,515 15.1 0.2 63,412 13.6 0.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 43,606 8.5 32,760 7.0 0.2 41,902 9.0 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 106,901 20.8 104,000 22.2 0.3 106,453 22.9 1.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 7,584 1.5 9,420 2.0 0.1 10,293 2.2 0.4 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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