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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: New Castle County, Delaware

Download an Excel file* of this document: new_castle_county_delaware.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 441,946 500,265 x x
Total Persons in Household 427,879 482,751 505,271 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 227,644 245,134 252,255 4,261
Total Workers, Place of Work 246,552 269,265 272,326 6,167
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.08 1.10 1.08 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 246,552 100.0 269,265 100.0 NA 272,326 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 191,081 77.5 216,025 80.2 0.4 221,597 81.4 1.0 Yes
2-person carpool 25,653 10.4 23,795 8.8 0.3 22,970 8.4 1.0 No
3-person carpool 4,060 1.6 3,740 1.4 0.1 3,611 1.3 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 2,170 0.9 1,830 0.7 0.1 2,026 0.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 6,701 2.7 8,429 3.1 0.2 6,057 2.2 0.5 Yes
Walked 9,821 4.0 6,755 2.5 0.1 4,917 1.8 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,753 1.1 2,265 0.8 0.1 2,989 1.1 0.4 No
Worked at home 4,313 1.7 6,430 2.4 0.1 8,159 3.0 0.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 242,239 100.0 262,835 100.0 NA 264,167 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,715 11.9 25,320 9.6 0.3 29,110 11.0 1.0 Yes
10 to 14 39,405 16.3 36,910 14.0 0.3 36,748 13.9 1.1 No
15 to 19 48,345 20.0 46,070 17.5 0.4 45,500 17.2 1.1 No
20 to 24 44,879 18.5 46,805 17.8 0.4 46,502 17.6 1.2 No
25 to 29 16,941 7.0 19,570 7.4 0.2 19,528 7.4 0.8 No
30 to 34 30,965 12.8 36,725 14.0 0.3 32,293 12.2 1.0 Yes
35 to 44 12,189 5.0 16,160 6.1 0.2 19,389 7.3 0.9 Yes
45 to 59 12,283 5.1 17,990 6.8 0.2 18,499 7.0 0.8 No
60 or more 8,517 3.5 17,290 6.6 0.2 16,598 6.3 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.2 (X) 25.4 (X) NA 24.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 242,239 100.0 262,835 100.0 NA 264,167 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,310 3.4 11,695 4.4 0.2 15,548 5.9 0.8 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 10,816 4.5 12,830 4.9 0.2 13,571 5.1 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 23,338 9.6 27,240 10.4 0.3 28,572 10.8 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 36,165 14.9 35,055 13.3 0.3 35,022 13.3 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 49,947 20.6 48,060 18.3 0.4 49,340 18.7 1.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 36,647 15.1 38,255 14.6 0.3 33,772 12.8 0.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 19,016 7.9 16,780 6.4 0.2 23,063 8.7 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 54,047 22.3 62,595 23.8 0.4 60,899 23.1 1.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,953 1.6 5,170 2.0 0.1 4,380 1.7 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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