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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Morris County, New Jersey

Download an Excel file* of this document: morris_county_new_jersey.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 421,353 470,212 x x
Total Persons in Household 413,680 461,026 481,139 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 231,093 239,839 236,129 4,053
Total Workers, Place of Work 254,130 276,965 278,461 8,613
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.10 1.15 1.18 0.06

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 254,130 100.0 276,965 100.0 NA 278,461 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 207,408 81.6 229,210 82.8 0.3 228,714 82.1 1.5 No
2-person carpool 23,427 9.2 21,115 7.6 0.2 19,159 6.9 0.9 No
3-person carpool 3,515 1.4 3,265 1.2 0.1 3,919 1.4 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,547 1.4 3,255 1.2 0.1 2,678 1.0 0.4 No
Public Transportation 3,258 1.3 3,990 1.4 0.1 4,899 1.8 0.4 No
Walked 5,062 2.0 4,600 1.7 0.1 5,292 1.9 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,859 0.7 2,695 1.0 0.1 3,957 1.4 0.4 No
Worked at home 6,054 2.4 8,845 3.2 0.1 9,843 3.5 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 248,076 100.0 268,120 100.0 NA 268,618 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 30,660 12.4 28,480 10.6 0.3 25,527 9.5 1.0 Yes
10 to 14 31,348 12.6 29,640 11.1 0.3 33,724 12.6 1.0 Yes
15 to 19 32,534 13.1 31,240 11.7 0.3 31,380 11.7 1.1 No
20 to 24 31,102 12.5 33,840 12.6 0.3 34,136 12.7 1.0 No
25 to 29 14,268 5.8 15,730 5.9 0.2 16,116 6.0 0.9 No
30 to 34 34,714 14.0 38,315 14.3 0.3 35,404 13.2 1.2 No
35 to 44 22,282 9.0 25,465 9.5 0.2 26,349 9.8 1.0 No
45 to 59 28,832 11.6 33,560 12.5 0.3 31,880 11.9 1.3 No
60 or more 22,336 9.0 31,845 11.9 0.3 34,102 12.7 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.0 (X) 30.6 (X) NA 29.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 248,076 100.0 268,120 100.0 NA 268,618 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,660 2.3 7,935 3.0 0.1 10,956 4.1 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 9,062 3.7 10,750 4.0 0.2 10,955 4.1 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 22,030 8.9 22,710 8.5 0.2 22,414 8.3 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 33,296 13.4 31,140 11.6 0.3 29,360 10.9 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 46,129 18.6 44,395 16.6 0.3 39,747 14.8 1.3 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 43,326 17.5 45,225 16.9 0.3 44,891 16.7 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 31,775 12.8 30,785 11.5 0.3 36,386 13.5 1.3 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 54,323 21.9 65,180 24.3 0.4 68,087 25.3 1.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,475 1.0 3,610 1.3 0.1 5,822 2.2 0.6 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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