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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Nevada County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: nevada_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 78,510 92,033 x x
Total Persons in Household 77,223 91,167 97,572 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 32,524 40,673 42,431 2,187
Total Workers, Place of Work 27,378 33,950 40,925 3,524
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.84 0.83 0.96 0.11

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 27,378 100.0 33,950 100.0 NA 40,925 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 20,832 76.1 24,750 72.9 1.2 29,584 72.3 3.3 No
2-person carpool 2,342 8.6 3,325 9.8 0.8 3,595 8.8 3.0 No
3-person carpool 491 1.8 755 2.2 0.4 634 1.5 1.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 157 0.6 450 1.3 0.3 1,284 3.1 3.0 No
Public Transportation 82 0.3 225 0.7 0.2 600 1.5 1.1 No
Walked 967 3.5 1,065 3.1 0.5 1,112 2.7 1.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 357 1.3 310 0.9 0.2 454 1.1 0.7 No
Worked at home 2,150 7.9 3,075 9.1 0.7 3,662 8.9 2.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 25,228 100.0 30,875 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,100 24.2 6,510 21.1 1.1 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 5,294 21.0 6,905 22.4 1.1 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 4,603 18.2 5,560 18.0 1.0 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 3,724 14.8 4,435 14.4 1.0 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 971 3.8 1,355 4.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,321 9.2 2,330 7.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 574 2.3 780 2.5 0.4 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 629 2.5 1,265 4.1 0.5 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,012 4.0 1,745 5.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.6 (X) 20.6 (X) NA 19.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 25,228 100.0 30,875 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 922 3.7 1,275 4.1 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,066 4.2 1,475 4.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,320 9.2 2,965 9.6 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,243 12.9 4,020 13.0 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,638 18.4 5,310 17.2 1.0 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,224 16.7 4,745 15.4 1.0 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,130 8.4 2,535 8.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 6,019 23.9 7,915 25.6 1.2 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 666 2.6 625 2.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA

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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