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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Newport News city, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: newport_news_city_virginia.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 170,045 180,150 x x
Total Persons in Household 165,455 174,317 176,591 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 82,662 86,282 82,743 2,829
Total Workers, Place of Work 98,939 94,790 95,816 4,698
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.20 1.10 1.16 0.08

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 98,939 100.0 94,790 100.0 NA 95,816 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 70,516 71.3 75,545 79.7 0.6 79,513 83.0 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 12,641 12.8 8,780 9.3 0.4 6,609 6.9 1.5 Yes
3-person carpool 1,889 1.9 1,490 1.6 0.2 1,493 1.6 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,638 3.7 1,955 2.1 0.2 2,219 2.3 0.7 No
Public Transportation 3,565 3.6 2,524 2.7 0.2 1,993 2.1 1.0 No
Walked 4,015 4.1 2,100 2.2 0.2 1,712 1.8 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,496 1.5 980 1.0 0.1 1,274 1.3 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,179 1.2 1,415 1.5 0.2 1,003 1.0 0.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,760 100.0 93,375 100.0 NA 94,813 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,370 12.7 10,270 11.0 0.5 10,492 11.1 1.9 No
10 to 14 15,481 15.8 14,885 15.9 0.5 10,736 11.3 1.5 Yes
15 to 19 19,776 20.2 18,020 19.3 0.6 18,370 19.4 2.2 No
20 to 24 16,558 16.9 15,750 16.9 0.5 18,778 19.8 2.5 Yes
25 to 29 6,325 6.5 5,825 6.2 0.3 6,785 7.2 1.4 No
30 to 34 11,973 12.2 12,650 13.5 0.5 12,473 13.2 2.0 No
35 to 44 4,173 4.3 4,705 5.0 0.3 5,792 6.1 1.3 No
45 to 59 5,602 5.7 6,030 6.5 0.4 6,410 6.8 1.7 No
60 or more 5,502 5.6 5,235 5.6 0.3 4,977 5.2 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.2 (X) 24.0 (X) NA 23.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 97,760 100.0 93,375 100.0 NA 94,813 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,531 7.7 6,635 7.1 0.4 8,909 9.4 1.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 11,274 11.5 8,900 9.5 0.4 9,686 10.2 1.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 15,765 16.1 12,555 13.4 0.5 13,264 14.0 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,361 14.7 12,435 13.3 0.5 12,905 13.6 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,432 12.7 14,635 15.7 0.5 11,752 12.4 1.7 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,767 9.0 9,580 10.3 0.4 8,537 9.0 1.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,013 5.1 5,285 5.7 0.3 6,808 7.2 1.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 20,406 20.9 20,040 21.5 0.6 20,551 21.7 2.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,211 2.3 2,215 2.4 0.2 2,401 2.5 1.0 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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