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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Howard County, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: howard_county_maryland.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 187,328 247,842 x x
Total Persons in Household 185,371 244,224 265,755 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 109,843 134,992 141,049 3,098
Total Workers, Place of Work 88,995 119,995 129,329 5,811
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.81 0.89 0.92 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 88,995 100.0 119,995 100.0 NA 129,329 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 71,609 80.5 97,885 81.6 0.5 104,093 80.5 2.4 No
2-person carpool 8,849 9.9 9,545 8.0 0.4 10,121 7.8 1.5 No
3-person carpool 1,482 1.7 1,565 1.3 0.2 1,585 1.2 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,070 1.2 1,540 1.3 0.2 2,942 2.3 1.3 No
Public Transportation 667 0.7 800 0.7 0.1 1,302 1.0 0.5 No
Walked 1,203 1.4 1,625 1.4 0.2 1,257 1.0 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 871 1.0 900 0.8 0.1 1,499 1.2 0.7 No
Worked at home 3,244 3.6 6,125 5.1 0.3 6,530 5.0 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 85,751 100.0 113,870 100.0 NA 122,799 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,161 10.7 9,625 8.5 0.4 10,159 8.3 1.4 No
10 to 14 11,591 13.5 13,780 12.1 0.5 15,727 12.8 1.3 No
15 to 19 12,888 15.0 16,365 14.4 0.5 17,950 14.6 1.7 No
20 to 24 12,417 14.5 17,020 14.9 0.5 18,080 14.7 1.7 No
25 to 29 5,830 6.8 7,535 6.6 0.4 8,600 7.0 1.3 No
30 to 34 12,334 14.4 17,520 15.4 0.5 20,187 16.4 2.3 No
35 to 44 7,649 8.9 10,580 9.3 0.4 9,875 8.0 1.5 No
45 to 59 8,635 10.1 11,905 10.5 0.4 10,791 8.8 1.4 Yes
60 or more 5,246 6.1 9,550 8.4 0.4 11,430 9.3 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.3 (X) 28.4 (X) NA 26.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 85,751 100.0 113,870 100.0 NA 122,799 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,813 3.3 4,190 3.7 0.3 6,046 4.9 1.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,739 4.4 5,085 4.5 0.3 5,026 4.1 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,446 8.7 8,980 7.9 0.4 11,877 9.7 1.5 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,335 12.1 14,020 12.3 0.5 13,032 10.6 1.6 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,393 16.8 18,775 16.5 0.5 17,222 14.0 1.4 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 16,042 18.7 19,605 17.2 0.5 22,129 18.0 2.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 9,598 11.2 10,390 9.1 0.4 13,160 10.7 1.5 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 19,838 23.1 27,840 24.4 0.6 30,991 25.2 2.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,547 1.8 2,435 2.1 0.2 3,316 2.7 0.8 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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