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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Merced city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: merced_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 56,216 63,893 x x
Total Persons in Household 55,350 62,523 65,391 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 20,912 21,668 24,553 2,835
Total Workers, Place of Work 25,220 25,925 29,437 2,937
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.21 1.20 1.20 0.21

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 25,220 100.0 25,925 100.0 NA 29,437 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 19,968 79.2 20,470 79.0 1.2 23,182 78.8 0.9 No
2-person carpool 2,545 10.1 2,670 10.3 0.9 2,642 9.0 3.7 No
3-person carpool 426 1.7 555 2.1 0.4 583 2.0 1.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 199 0.8 580 2.2 0.4 262 0.9 0.6 Yes
Public Transportation 96 0.4 214 0.8 0.3 199 0.7 0.6 No
Walked 769 3.0 380 1.5 0.4 784 2.7 1.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 817 3.2 485 1.9 0.4 536 1.8 1.1 No
Worked at home 400 1.6 575 2.2 0.4 1,249 4.2 2.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,820 100.0 25,350 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,251 25.2 5,790 22.8 1.3 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 6,729 27.1 6,825 26.9 1.3 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 5,589 22.5 4,765 18.8 1.2 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 2,687 10.8 2,720 10.7 0.9 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 586 2.4 595 2.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 1,273 5.1 1,810 7.1 0.8 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 360 1.5 565 2.2 0.4 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 627 2.5 1,040 4.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 718 2.9 1,245 4.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 15.6 (X) 19.1 (X) NA 16.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,820 100.0 25,350 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 840 3.4 1,475 5.8 0.7 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,339 5.4 1,160 4.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,409 9.7 2,015 7.9 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,371 13.6 2,780 11.0 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 5,007 20.2 5,520 21.8 1.2 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,676 14.8 3,950 15.6 1.1 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,555 6.3 1,335 5.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,987 24.1 6,490 25.6 1.3 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 636 2.6 670 2.6 0.5 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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