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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Marin County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: marin_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 230,096 247,289 x x
Total Persons in Household 221,548 235,803 235,609 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 125,080 126,646 114,736 3,314
Total Workers, Place of Work 105,185 122,645 115,620 5,685
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.84 0.97 1.01 0.07

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 105,185 100.0 122,645 100.0 NA 115,620 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 74,906 71.2 85,565 69.8 0.6 79,970 69.2 2.0 No
2-person carpool 10,833 10.3 12,015 9.8 0.4 10,674 9.2 2.2 No
3-person carpool 1,817 1.7 2,595 2.1 0.2 2,038 1.8 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,079 1.0 1,145 0.9 0.1 1,284 1.1 0.7 No
Public Transportation 3,104 3.0 4,280 3.5 0.3 3,849 3.3 1.3 No
Walked 3,405 3.2 3,835 3.1 0.2 3,402 2.9 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,879 1.8 2,090 1.7 0.2 2,330 2.0 0.7 No
Worked at home 8,162 7.8 11,125 9.1 0.4 12,073 10.4 1.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,023 100.0 111,520 100.0 NA 103,547 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 14,246 14.7 13,905 12.5 0.5 13,097 12.6 1.8 No
10 to 14 15,150 15.6 14,135 12.7 0.5 12,854 12.4 1.9 No
15 to 19 13,838 14.3 14,285 12.8 0.5 12,821 12.4 1.5 No
20 to 24 11,839 12.2 12,520 11.2 0.5 12,760 12.3 2.1 No
25 to 29 4,867 5.0 5,260 4.7 0.3 5,714 5.5 1.2 No
30 to 34 12,576 13.0 14,995 13.4 0.5 12,873 12.4 1.5 No
35 to 44 7,232 7.5 9,065 8.1 0.4 7,287 7.0 1.3 No
45 to 59 9,210 9.5 13,070 11.7 0.5 11,988 11.6 1.7 No
60 or more 8,065 8.3 14,275 12.8 0.5 14,153 13.7 2.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.1 (X) 30.1 (X) NA 26.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,023 100.0 111,520 100.0 NA 103,547 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,233 3.3 4,175 3.7 0.3 3,877 3.7 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,772 3.9 4,780 4.3 0.3 4,727 4.6 1.1 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,781 7.0 7,435 6.7 0.4 8,396 8.1 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,256 10.6 11,755 10.5 0.4 10,081 9.7 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,671 15.1 15,775 14.1 0.5 14,435 13.9 1.6 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 16,649 17.2 18,655 16.7 0.5 15,284 14.8 1.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,169 12.5 12,120 10.9 0.4 11,667 11.3 1.7 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 27,739 28.6 32,955 29.6 0.7 32,769 31.6 3.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,753 1.8 2,425 2.2 0.2 2,311 2.2 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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