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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Litchfield County, Connecticut

Download an Excel file* of this document: litchfield_county_connecticut.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 174,092 182,193 x x
Total Persons in Household 171,644 179,682 187,426 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 91,914 93,934 98,682 2,795
Total Workers, Place of Work 69,068 70,350 70,754 3,503
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.75 0.75 0.72 0.06

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 69,068 100.0 70,350 100.0 NA 70,754 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 54,849 79.4 56,655 80.5 0.6 57,903 81.8 3.0 No
2-person carpool 6,192 9.0 5,770 8.2 0.4 4,856 6.9 2.1 No
3-person carpool 662 1.0 635 0.9 0.1 936 1.3 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 554 0.8 460 0.7 0.1 95 0.1 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 399 0.6 570 0.8 0.1 306 0.4 0.5 No
Walked 2,675 3.9 2,090 3.0 0.3 1,773 2.5 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 506 0.7 484 0.7 0.1 737 1.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 3,231 4.7 3,690 5.2 0.3 4,148 5.9 1.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 65,837 100.0 66,660 100.0 NA 66,606 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 16,454 25.0 15,070 22.6 0.7 16,189 24.3 3.0 No
10 to 14 13,686 20.8 12,865 19.3 0.6 11,829 17.8 2.2 No
15 to 19 11,450 17.4 10,905 16.4 0.6 9,553 14.3 2.5 No
20 to 24 8,575 13.0 8,685 13.0 0.5 8,634 13.0 2.4 No
25 to 29 3,191 4.8 3,815 5.7 0.4 4,384 6.6 1.4 No
30 to 34 5,618 8.5 6,355 9.5 0.5 6,419 9.6 2.0 No
35 to 44 2,564 3.9 2,805 4.2 0.3 3,125 4.7 1.3 No
45 to 59 2,416 3.7 2,985 4.5 0.3 3,615 5.4 1.7 No
60 or more 1,883 2.9 3,175 4.8 0.3 2,858 4.3 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.4 (X) 20.4 (X) NA 19.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 65,837 100.0 66,660 100.0 NA 66,606 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,212 4.9 4,005 6.0 0.4 3,289 4.9 1.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,726 5.7 3,705 5.6 0.4 4,351 6.5 2.1 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,909 13.5 7,900 11.9 0.5 9,159 13.8 2.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,100 12.3 8,370 12.6 0.5 7,827 11.8 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,611 16.1 10,520 15.8 0.6 10,782 16.2 1.9 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,256 14.1 8,810 13.2 0.5 8,791 13.2 2.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,444 8.3 4,815 7.2 0.4 5,130 7.7 1.6 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,403 23.4 16,260 24.4 0.7 15,403 23.1 2.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,176 1.8 1,550 2.3 0.2 1,874 2.8 1.0 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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