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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Lancaster city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: lancaster_city_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 97,291 118,718 x x
Total Persons in Household 93,032 111,703 135,225 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 42,455 42,351 49,840 5,291
Total Workers, Place of Work 33,220 38,070 46,346 4,860
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.78 0.90 0.93 0.18

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 33,220 100.0 38,070 100.0 NA 46,346 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 26,850 80.8 29,090 76.4 1.0 33,697 72.7 6.5 No
2-person carpool 3,117 9.4 4,465 11.7 0.8 6,392 13.8 3.7 No
3-person carpool 593 1.8 1,005 2.6 0.4 1,370 3.0 1.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 368 1.1 705 1.9 0.3 499 1.1 1.1 No
Public Transportation 184 0.6 569 1.5 0.3 920 2.0 2.5 No
Walked 806 2.4 635 1.7 0.3 503 1.1 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 399 1.2 505 1.3 0.3 1,544 3.3 2.5 No
Worked at home 903 2.7 1,095 2.9 0.4 1,421 3.1 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 32,317 100.0 36,975 100.0 NA 44,925 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,722 20.8 6,540 17.7 0.9 7,850 17.5 4.0 No
10 to 14 7,729 23.9 8,260 22.3 1.0 9,851 21.9 3.2 No
15 to 19 6,652 20.6 7,430 20.1 1.0 8,383 18.7 5.2 No
20 to 24 4,427 13.7 4,660 12.6 0.8 5,960 13.3 3.2 No
25 to 29 1,050 3.2 1,240 3.4 0.4 1,756 3.9 2.0 No
30 to 34 2,170 6.7 3,400 9.2 0.7 3,406 7.6 3.0 No
35 to 44 711 2.2 1,155 3.1 0.4 1,249 2.8 1.5 No
45 to 59 1,068 3.3 1,690 4.6 0.5 1,921 4.3 1.5 No
60 or more 1,788 5.5 2,600 7.0 0.6 4,549 10.1 3.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.6 (X) 22.0 (X) NA NA (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 32,317 100.0 36,975 100.0 NA 44,925 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,035 6.3 2,055 5.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,923 6.0 2,285 6.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,057 9.5 3,810 10.3 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,667 11.3 4,790 13.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,067 15.7 5,855 15.8 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,060 12.6 4,150 11.2 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,468 7.6 2,355 6.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 9,067 28.1 10,450 28.3 1.1 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 973 3.0 1,120 3.0 0.4 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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