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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Kern County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: kern_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 543,477 661,645 x x
Total Persons in Household 529,833 631,675 724,206 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 213,525 229,733 285,994 5,997
Total Workers, Place of Work 217,787 229,985 285,483 7,206
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.02 1.00 1.00 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 217,787 100.0 229,985 100.0 NA 285,483 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 160,927 73.9 168,910 73.4 0.4 213,286 74.7 1.7 No
2-person carpool 26,538 12.2 28,375 12.3 0.3 29,868 10.5 1.3 Yes
3-person carpool 6,272 2.9 7,405 3.2 0.2 7,908 2.8 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 6,518 3.0 7,455 3.2 0.2 8,624 3.0 0.8 No
Public Transportation 2,244 1.0 3,020 1.3 0.1 4,433 1.6 0.6 No
Walked 5,091 2.3 4,290 1.9 0.1 5,423 1.9 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,736 2.6 4,340 1.9 0.1 8,438 3.0 0.7 Yes
Worked at home 4,461 2.0 6,185 2.7 0.2 7,503 2.6 0.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 213,326 100.0 223,800 100.0 NA 277,980 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 42,665 20.0 38,640 17.3 0.4 55,561 20.0 1.9 Yes
10 to 14 44,649 20.9 41,860 18.7 0.4 51,150 18.4 1.2 No
15 to 19 43,546 20.4 44,165 19.7 0.4 45,357 16.3 1.0 Yes
20 to 24 26,457 12.4 32,910 14.7 0.4 38,744 13.9 1.2 No
25 to 29 6,956 3.3 9,205 4.1 0.2 13,087 4.7 0.8 No
30 to 34 18,076 8.5 21,870 9.8 0.3 33,468 12.0 1.5 Yes
35 to 44 7,685 3.6 8,125 3.6 0.2 10,694 3.8 0.6 No
45 to 59 10,332 4.8 11,550 5.2 0.2 12,735 4.6 0.7 No
60 or more 12,960 6.1 15,480 6.9 0.3 17,184 6.2 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.0 (X) 22.9 (X) NA 21.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 213,326 100.0 223,800 100.0 NA 277,980 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,754 8.3 21,365 9.5 0.3 32,488 11.7 1.2 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 19,244 9.0 19,335 8.6 0.3 30,096 10.8 1.4 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 27,353 12.8 26,770 12.0 0.3 32,679 11.8 1.2 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 32,788 15.4 30,305 13.5 0.3 34,672 12.5 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 35,989 16.9 36,160 16.2 0.4 35,333 12.7 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 22,413 10.5 22,795 10.2 0.3 27,180 9.8 1.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 9,403 4.4 9,135 4.1 0.2 12,308 4.4 1.0 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 42,489 19.9 48,810 21.8 0.4 60,557 21.8 1.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,893 2.8 8,995 4.0 0.2 12,667 4.6 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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