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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Montgomery County, Alabama

Download an Excel file* of this document: montgomery_county_alabama.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 209,085 223,510 x x
Total Persons in Household 201,578 211,467 209,374 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 94,855 96,943 92,719 3,805
Total Workers, Place of Work 116,960 128,845 126,706 4,553
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.23 1.33 1.37 0.08

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 116,960 100.0 128,845 100.0 NA 126,706 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 93,814 80.2 107,710 83.6 0.5 105,477 83.2 1.1 No
2-person carpool 13,401 11.5 12,430 9.6 0.4 12,376 9.8 2.1 No
3-person carpool 2,539 2.2 2,575 2.0 0.2 2,432 1.9 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,279 1.1 1,165 0.9 0.1 1,055 0.8 0.5 No
Public Transportation 1,346 1.2 585 0.5 0.1 468 0.4 0.3 No
Walked 1,967 1.7 1,660 1.3 0.1 1,428 1.1 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,300 1.1 1,035 0.8 0.1 1,519 1.2 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,314 1.1 1,675 1.3 0.1 1,951 1.5 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 115,646 100.0 127,170 100.0 NA 124,755 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,881 12.0 12,660 10.0 0.4 13,448 10.8 1.6 No
10 to 14 18,965 16.4 18,630 14.6 0.4 17,787 14.3 2.3 No
15 to 19 27,156 23.5 26,250 20.6 0.5 24,453 19.6 2.0 No
20 to 24 20,247 17.5 22,685 17.8 0.5 24,421 19.6 2.0 No
25 to 29 6,743 5.8 7,645 6.0 0.3 7,332 5.9 1.0 No
30 to 34 14,668 12.7 16,720 13.1 0.4 16,951 13.6 1.5 No
35 to 44 4,008 3.5 6,545 5.1 0.3 6,441 5.2 1.0 No
45 to 59 5,707 4.9 8,445 6.6 0.3 7,884 6.3 1.1 No
60 or more 4,271 3.7 7,590 6.0 0.3 6,038 4.8 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.7 (X) 24.7 (X) NA 23.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 115,646 100.0 127,170 100.0 NA 124,755 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,630 4.0 6,010 4.7 0.3 5,564 4.5 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,875 5.1 6,695 5.3 0.3 7,550 6.1 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 15,476 13.4 15,840 12.5 0.4 16,031 12.8 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 20,558 17.8 21,235 16.7 0.5 19,391 15.5 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,292 22.7 28,715 22.6 0.5 23,469 18.8 2.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 14,467 12.5 15,600 12.3 0.4 14,345 11.5 1.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,127 4.4 4,815 3.8 0.2 6,203 5.0 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 20,709 17.9 23,660 18.6 0.5 26,580 21.3 1.8 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,512 2.2 3,455 2.7 0.2 5,622 4.5 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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