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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: New Haven County, Connecticut

Download an Excel file* of this document: new_haven_county_connecticut.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 804,219 824,008 x x
Total Persons in Household 778,494 796,334 817,828 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 398,221 388,050 392,593 7,016
Total Workers, Place of Work 366,397 362,125 368,075 9,556
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 0.93 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 366,397 100.0 362,125 100.0 NA 368,075 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 289,003 78.9 291,955 80.6 0.3 303,600 82.5 0.9 Yes
2-person carpool 33,303 9.1 28,535 7.9 0.2 23,800 6.5 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 4,301 1.2 4,045 1.1 0.1 1,939 0.5 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,026 0.8 2,970 0.8 0.1 1,893 0.5 0.3 No
Public Transportation 9,227 2.5 9,670 2.7 0.1 11,290 3.1 0.6 No
Walked 16,596 4.5 12,265 3.4 0.1 11,233 3.1 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,332 0.9 3,125 0.9 0.1 4,131 1.1 0.3 No
Worked at home 7,609 2.1 9,565 2.6 0.1 10,189 2.8 0.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 358,788 100.0 352,560 100.0 NA 357,886 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 62,815 17.5 52,295 14.8 0.3 51,933 14.5 1.2 No
10 to 14 72,517 20.2 66,375 18.8 0.3 68,216 19.1 1.1 No
15 to 19 71,920 20.0 66,335 18.8 0.3 63,191 17.7 1.2 No
20 to 24 56,653 15.8 57,960 16.4 0.3 57,013 15.9 1.1 No
25 to 29 20,656 5.8 21,350 6.1 0.2 21,966 6.1 0.8 No
30 to 34 36,395 10.1 38,480 10.9 0.2 42,579 11.9 1.1 No
35 to 44 14,979 4.2 17,055 4.8 0.2 19,247 5.4 0.6 No
45 to 59 13,706 3.8 16,715 4.7 0.2 18,531 5.2 0.6 No
60 or more 9,147 2.5 15,995 4.5 0.2 15,210 4.2 0.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.7 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 21.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 358,788 100.0 352,560 100.0 NA 357,886 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 10,711 3.0 13,315 3.8 0.1 13,509 3.8 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 15,234 4.2 16,660 4.7 0.2 20,608 5.8 0.7 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 38,633 10.8 34,555 9.8 0.2 33,009 9.2 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 41,696 11.6 40,945 11.6 0.2 44,165 12.3 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 59,281 16.5 59,730 16.9 0.3 51,470 14.4 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 60,202 16.8 55,130 15.6 0.3 53,232 14.9 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 38,094 10.6 28,995 8.2 0.2 36,006 10.1 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 89,615 25.0 89,340 25.3 0.3 98,440 27.5 1.5 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,322 1.5 7,105 2.0 0.1 7,447 2.1 0.5 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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