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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Mountain View city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: mountain_view_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 67,460 70,708 x x
Total Persons in Household 66,830 70,204 69,427 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 42,132 40,321 39,946 4,278
Total Workers, Place of Work 43,490 59,320 50,903 5,223
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.03 1.47 1.27 0.27

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 43,490 100.0 59,320 100.0 NA 50,903 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 34,845 80.1 46,570 78.5 0.8 39,622 77.8 11.2 No
2-person carpool 4,233 9.7 6,075 10.2 0.6 5,933 11.7 3.9 No
3-person carpool 581 1.3 990 1.7 0.3 223 0.4 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 290 0.7 430 0.7 0.2 450 0.9 0.7 No
Public Transportation 783 1.8 1,765 3.0 0.3 1,410 2.8 1.1 No
Walked 853 2.0 890 1.5 0.2 749 1.5 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 986 2.3 1,250 2.1 0.3 998 2.0 1.0 No
Worked at home 919 2.1 1,355 2.3 0.3 1,518 3.0 1.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 42,571 100.0 57,965 100.0 NA 49,385 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,653 10.9 4,210 7.3 0.5 4,161 8.4 4.9 No
10 to 14 6,611 15.5 6,710 11.6 0.6 6,045 12.2 2.2 No
15 to 19 6,619 15.5 6,905 11.9 0.6 7,529 15.2 3.1 Yes
20 to 24 5,865 13.8 7,890 13.6 0.7 7,379 14.9 3.0 No
25 to 29 2,439 5.7 3,605 6.2 0.5 2,934 5.9 1.6 No
30 to 34 6,074 14.3 8,695 15.0 0.7 7,055 14.3 3.8 No
35 to 44 3,294 7.7 4,960 8.6 0.6 3,982 8.1 1.8 No
45 to 59 3,847 9.0 6,825 11.8 0.6 4,982 10.1 1.7 No
60 or more 3,169 7.4 8,155 14.1 0.7 5,318 10.8 2.2 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.3 (X) 32.3 (X) NA 27.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 42,571 100.0 57,965 100.0 NA 49,385 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,782 4.2 2,360 4.1 0.4 2,039 4.1 1.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,626 6.2 2,515 4.3 0.4 1,572 3.2 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,783 8.9 3,880 6.7 0.5 2,579 5.2 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,875 11.5 5,330 9.2 0.6 4,474 9.1 2.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,139 16.8 7,725 13.3 0.7 6,017 12.2 3.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,704 18.1 9,160 15.8 0.7 7,903 16.0 3.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,430 10.4 6,840 11.8 0.6 6,324 12.8 2.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 9,619 22.6 18,940 32.7 0.9 17,744 35.9 3.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 613 1.4 1,025 1.8 0.3 733 1.5 0.6 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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