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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Long Beach city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: long_beach_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 429,433 461,522 x x
Total Persons in Household 415,216 451,341 463,956 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 202,302 184,479 208,887 10,802
Total Workers, Place of Work 221,031 168,330 187,107 9,200
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.09 0.91 0.90 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 221,031 100.0 168,330 100.0 NA 187,107 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 157,796 71.4 126,065 74.9 0.5 139,108 74.3 0.8 No
2-person carpool 23,333 10.6 16,545 9.8 0.3 17,200 9.2 2.2 No
3-person carpool 3,895 1.8 3,205 1.9 0.2 2,171 1.2 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,374 1.5 2,150 1.3 0.1 1,684 0.9 0.6 No
Public Transportation 9,878 4.5 8,070 4.8 0.2 10,798 5.8 1.4 No
Walked 6,356 2.9 4,520 2.7 0.2 3,668 2.0 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,620 2.5 2,480 1.5 0.1 4,238 2.3 0.7 Yes
Worked at home 10,779 4.9 5,290 3.1 0.2 8,240 4.4 0.9 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 210,252 100.0 163,040 100.0 NA 178,867 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 18,249 8.7 14,205 8.7 0.3 16,381 9.2 1.3 No
10 to 14 26,083 12.4 21,000 12.9 0.4 19,099 10.7 1.3 Yes
15 to 19 34,196 16.3 26,930 16.5 0.4 31,123 17.4 1.7 No
20 to 24 33,550 16.0 25,015 15.3 0.4 29,220 16.3 1.9 No
25 to 29 13,017 6.2 9,415 5.8 0.3 11,829 6.6 1.4 No
30 to 34 34,249 16.3 25,975 15.9 0.4 27,673 15.5 1.7 No
35 to 44 15,171 7.2 11,150 6.8 0.3 13,375 7.5 1.2 No
45 to 59 16,948 8.1 13,455 8.3 0.3 12,331 6.9 1.2 Yes
60 or more 18,789 8.9 15,895 9.7 0.4 17,836 10.0 1.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 26.8 (X) 28.4 (X) NA 26.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 210,252 100.0 163,040 100.0 NA 178,867 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,771 8.5 11,895 7.3 0.3 17,581 9.8 1.8 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 17,460 8.3 9,955 6.1 0.3 11,609 6.5 1.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 27,229 13.0 15,105 9.3 0.3 15,257 8.5 1.2 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 28,974 13.8 20,040 12.3 0.4 20,059 11.2 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 27,704 13.2 23,955 14.7 0.4 23,606 13.2 1.5 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 23,226 11.0 20,650 12.7 0.4 23,174 13.0 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 13,102 6.2 10,435 6.4 0.3 12,784 7.1 1.2 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 48,041 22.8 44,415 27.2 0.5 48,807 27.3 2.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,745 3.2 5,345 3.3 0.2 5,990 3.3 0.9 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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