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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Montgomery County, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: montgomery_county_maryland.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 757,027 873,341 x x
Total Persons in Household 749,257 863,910 918,046 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 429,700 455,331 468,728 6,560
Total Workers, Place of Work 392,158 420,875 440,243 10,242
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.91 0.92 0.94 0.04

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 392,158 100.0 420,875 100.0 NA 440,243 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 278,887 71.1 308,215 73.2 0.3 314,085 71.3 1.4 Yes
2-person carpool 41,275 10.5 37,280 8.9 0.2 35,060 8.0 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 6,867 1.8 6,745 1.6 0.1 7,209 1.6 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 5,821 1.5 4,145 1.0 0.1 4,606 1.0 0.3 No
Public Transportation 29,530 7.5 30,105 7.2 0.2 41,201 9.4 1.0 Yes
Walked 9,158 2.3 8,880 2.1 0.1 10,222 2.3 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,579 0.9 3,570 0.8 0.1 5,044 1.1 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 17,041 4.3 21,935 5.2 0.2 22,816 5.2 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 375,117 100.0 398,940 100.0 NA 417,427 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 29,952 8.0 25,290 6.3 0.2 28,048 6.7 0.6 No
10 to 14 40,642 10.8 37,190 9.3 0.2 35,903 8.6 0.8 No
15 to 19 49,554 13.2 48,160 12.1 0.2 49,382 11.8 1.0 No
20 to 24 51,826 13.8 50,590 12.7 0.3 51,625 12.4 0.8 No
25 to 29 24,174 6.4 23,810 6.0 0.2 21,547 5.2 0.5 Yes
30 to 34 60,248 16.1 62,900 15.8 0.3 69,114 16.6 1.0 No
35 to 44 33,475 8.9 38,290 9.6 0.2 36,594 8.8 0.8 No
45 to 59 46,417 12.4 54,225 13.6 0.3 53,287 12.8 0.9 No
60 or more 38,829 10.4 58,485 14.7 0.3 71,927 17.2 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 28.9 (X) 33.4 (X) NA 32.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 375,117 100.0 398,940 100.0 NA 417,427 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 13,036 3.5 15,185 3.8 0.1 22,297 5.3 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 18,761 5.0 20,260 5.1 0.2 22,889 5.5 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 34,531 9.2 32,530 8.2 0.2 36,065 8.6 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 47,907 12.8 43,005 10.8 0.2 45,215 10.8 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 58,666 15.6 57,435 14.4 0.3 53,372 12.8 0.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 63,993 17.1 65,370 16.4 0.3 59,914 14.4 0.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 47,627 12.7 46,180 11.6 0.2 54,820 13.1 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 86,238 23.0 105,905 26.5 0.3 115,269 27.6 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,358 1.2 5,810 1.5 0.1 7,586 1.8 0.4 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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