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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Highlands County, Florida

Download an Excel file* of this document: highlands_county_florida.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 68,432 87,366 x x
Total Persons in Household 67,369 86,047 94,177 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 21,919 29,342 30,891 1,956
Total Workers, Place of Work 21,796 28,860 29,822 2,351
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.99 0.98 0.97 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 21,796 100.0 28,860 100.0 NA 29,822 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 16,531 75.8 21,295 73.8 1.2 23,390 78.4 3.7 Yes
2-person carpool 2,623 12.0 3,765 13.0 0.9 2,005 6.7 2.8 Yes
3-person carpool 484 2.2 610 2.1 0.4 435 1.5 1.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 347 1.6 1,095 3.8 0.5 1,358 4.6 4.8 No
Public Transportation 86 0.4 460 1.6 0.4 356 1.2 1.8 No
Walked 673 3.1 475 1.6 0.4 809 2.7 1.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 477 2.2 400 1.4 0.3 481 1.6 1.2 No
Worked at home 575 2.6 760 2.6 0.5 988 3.3 2.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 21,221 100.0 28,100 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,673 22.0 4,535 16.1 1.0 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 4,839 22.8 5,755 20.5 1.2 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 5,057 23.8 5,935 21.1 1.2 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,658 12.5 4,275 15.2 1.0 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 832 3.9 1,280 4.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 1,551 7.3 3,050 10.9 0.9 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 363 1.7 845 3.0 0.5 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 603 2.8 890 3.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 645 3.0 1,540 5.5 0.6 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.6 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 21,221 100.0 28,100 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,051 5.0 1,470 5.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,238 5.8 2,200 7.8 0.8 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,728 12.9 3,260 11.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,270 15.4 4,320 15.4 1.0 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,063 19.1 5,215 18.6 1.1 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,179 15.0 3,570 12.7 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,223 5.8 1,340 4.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 3,950 18.6 5,795 20.6 1.2 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 519 2.4 815 2.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA

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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