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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Merced County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: merced_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 178,403 210,554 x x
Total Persons in Household 175,172 207,699 237,278 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 68,697 73,346 89,696 3,901
Total Workers, Place of Work 64,632 63,100 77,159 5,367
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.94 0.86 0.86 0.10

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 64,632 100.0 63,100 100.0 NA 77,159 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 46,796 72.4 46,510 73.7 0.8 55,554 72.0 0.2 Yes
2-person carpool 7,326 11.3 7,090 11.2 0.6 6,989 9.1 2.1 No
3-person carpool 1,426 2.2 1,770 2.8 0.3 1,907 2.5 1.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,174 1.8 1,615 2.6 0.3 2,598 3.4 3.5 No
Public Transportation 234 0.4 403 0.6 0.2 1,145 1.5 1.2 No
Walked 3,335 5.2 2,175 3.4 0.3 3,858 5.0 1.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,906 2.9 1,175 1.9 0.3 1,504 1.9 0.7 No
Worked at home 2,435 3.8 2,365 3.7 0.4 3,604 4.7 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 62,197 100.0 60,735 100.0 NA 73,555 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 18,079 29.1 15,905 26.2 0.9 20,659 28.1 2.7 No
10 to 14 14,482 23.3 13,440 22.1 0.8 16,026 21.8 4.9 No
15 to 19 12,327 19.8 10,400 17.1 0.7 11,621 15.8 2.6 No
20 to 24 6,495 10.4 6,660 11.0 0.6 9,718 13.2 1.9 Yes
25 to 29 1,768 2.8 1,865 3.1 0.3 3,164 4.3 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 4,089 6.6 4,740 7.8 0.5 5,771 7.8 2.0 No
35 to 44 1,114 1.8 1,725 2.8 0.3 1,839 2.5 0.8 No
45 to 59 1,843 3.0 2,580 4.2 0.4 1,770 2.4 0.8 Yes
60 or more 2,000 3.2 3,415 5.6 0.4 2,987 4.1 1.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 15.9 (X) 20.3 (X) NA 16.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 62,197 100.0 60,735 100.0 NA 73,555 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,335 5.4 4,540 7.5 0.5 7,640 10.4 2.6 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,789 7.7 4,150 6.8 0.5 6,632 9.0 2.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,284 11.7 6,495 10.7 0.6 7,380 10.0 1.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,188 14.8 7,585 12.5 0.6 8,755 11.9 4.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,312 16.6 10,970 18.1 0.7 10,379 14.1 2.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,756 12.5 7,480 12.3 0.6 8,226 11.2 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,377 5.4 2,770 4.6 0.4 3,754 5.1 1.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 13,915 22.4 14,750 24.3 0.8 17,247 23.4 3.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,241 3.6 1,960 3.2 0.3 3,542 4.8 1.2 Yes

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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