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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Imperial County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: imperial_county_california.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 109,303 142,361 x x
Total Persons in Household 106,921 131,317 144,523 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 35,905 43,204 50,810 2,454
Total Workers, Place of Work 36,159 43,595 49,221 2,818
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.01 1.01 0.97 0.09

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 36,159 100.0 43,595 100.0 NA 49,221 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 26,800 74.1 31,880 73.1 0.9 38,259 77.7 3.1 Yes
2-person carpool 3,901 10.8 5,155 11.8 0.6 4,543 9.2 2.7 No
3-person carpool 928 2.6 1,105 2.5 0.3 649 1.3 0.6 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 722 2.0 1,080 2.5 0.3 792 1.6 0.8 No
Public Transportation 256 0.7 655 1.5 0.2 1,691 3.4 2.2 No
Walked 1,683 4.7 1,585 3.6 0.4 1,347 2.7 1.1 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 880 2.4 855 2.0 0.3 556 1.1 0.7 Yes
Worked at home 989 2.7 1,285 2.9 0.3 1,384 2.8 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 35,170 100.0 42,310 100.0 NA 47,837 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,640 30.3 10,645 25.2 0.9 14,236 29.8 4.0 Yes
10 to 14 6,863 19.5 8,310 19.6 0.8 9,659 20.2 3.5 No
15 to 19 6,333 18.0 6,925 16.4 0.7 7,275 15.2 2.9 No
20 to 24 4,547 12.9 5,765 13.6 0.7 4,351 9.1 2.2 Yes
25 to 29 1,062 3.0 1,775 4.2 0.4 1,840 3.8 1.6 No
30 to 34 2,972 8.5 3,895 9.2 0.6 5,623 11.8 2.7 No
35 to 44 624 1.8 1,130 2.7 0.3 1,062 2.2 1.1 No
45 to 59 921 2.6 1,175 2.8 0.3 1,587 3.3 1.5 No
60 or more 1,208 3.4 2,690 6.4 0.5 2,204 4.6 1.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.4 (X) 21.3 (X) NA 18.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 35,170 100.0 42,310 100.0 NA 47,837 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,112 11.7 5,360 12.7 0.7 5,487 11.5 2.3 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,124 8.9 3,075 7.3 0.5 5,955 12.4 3.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,189 9.1 3,480 8.2 0.5 4,533 9.5 2.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,873 11.0 4,585 10.8 0.6 3,778 7.9 2.1 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,971 17.0 7,310 17.3 0.7 9,012 18.8 3.1 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,329 12.3 5,170 12.2 0.6 4,599 9.6 2.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,435 4.1 1,735 4.1 0.4 1,598 3.3 1.2 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 7,172 20.4 9,135 21.6 0.8 10,263 21.5 3.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,965 5.6 2,265 5.4 0.4 2,612 5.5 1.9 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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