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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Lorain County, Ohio

Download an Excel file* of this document: lorain_county_ohio.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 271,126 284,664 x x
Total Persons in Household 265,163 276,180 287,985 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 119,944 132,895 133,722 3,748
Total Workers, Place of Work 99,508 108,000 102,556 4,941
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.83 0.81 0.77 0.05

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 99,508 100.0 108,000 100.0 NA 102,556 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 83,015 83.4 90,425 83.7 0.5 87,054 84.9 1.0 Yes
2-person carpool 8,100 8.1 7,870 7.3 0.3 5,812 5.7 1.3 Yes
3-person carpool 1,015 1.0 1,130 1.0 0.1 1,053 1.0 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 445 0.4 755 0.7 0.1 373 0.4 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 370 0.4 654 0.6 0.1 1,223 1.2 0.7 No
Walked 3,523 3.5 3,165 2.9 0.2 2,177 2.1 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,099 1.1 1,040 1.0 0.1 1,625 1.6 0.8 No
Worked at home 1,941 2.0 2,960 2.7 0.2 3,239 3.2 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,567 100.0 105,040 100.0 NA 99,317 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 19,908 20.4 19,720 18.8 0.5 18,643 18.8 2.1 No
10 to 14 18,811 19.3 19,140 18.2 0.5 16,928 17.0 1.7 No
15 to 19 18,779 19.2 19,170 18.3 0.5 18,414 18.5 2.4 No
20 to 24 16,367 16.8 17,400 16.6 0.5 16,030 16.1 2.1 No
25 to 29 5,931 6.1 6,925 6.6 0.3 6,331 6.4 1.0 No
30 to 34 8,496 8.7 10,470 10.0 0.4 9,344 9.4 1.5 No
35 to 44 3,185 3.3 4,530 4.3 0.3 4,760 4.8 1.0 No
45 to 59 3,149 3.2 4,170 4.0 0.2 4,844 4.9 1.4 No
60 or more 2,941 3.0 3,520 3.4 0.2 4,023 4.1 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.4 (X) 20.2 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,567 100.0 105,040 100.0 NA 99,317 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,147 6.3 7,790 7.4 0.3 8,459 8.5 1.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,438 5.6 5,550 5.3 0.3 5,858 5.9 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 11,445 11.7 11,425 10.9 0.4 9,002 9.1 1.4 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,976 10.2 11,480 10.9 0.4 12,601 12.7 1.5 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 15,367 15.8 16,570 15.8 0.5 14,644 14.7 1.6 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,200 11.5 11,820 11.3 0.4 11,261 11.3 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,743 6.9 5,980 5.7 0.3 6,854 6.9 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 28,866 29.6 30,330 28.9 0.6 26,997 27.2 2.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,385 2.4 3,190 3.0 0.2 3,641 3.7 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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