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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Niagara County, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: niagara_county_new_york.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 220,756 219,846 x x
Total Persons in Household 216,912 215,628 212,573 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 98,239 98,541 95,240 2,914
Total Workers, Place of Work 86,243 81,240 76,103 3,643
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.88 0.82 0.80 0.05

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 86,243 100.0 81,240 100.0 NA 76,103 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 69,302 80.4 68,195 83.9 0.6 65,858 86.5 1.6 Yes
2-person carpool 7,574 8.8 5,755 7.1 0.4 4,683 6.2 1.4 No
3-person carpool 804 0.9 640 0.8 0.1 322 0.4 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 312 0.4 345 0.4 0.1 326 0.4 0.3 No
Public Transportation 1,059 1.2 805 1.0 0.2 405 0.5 0.4 Yes
Walked 4,069 4.7 2,740 3.4 0.3 2,393 3.1 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,367 1.6 810 1.0 0.2 667 0.9 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,756 2.0 1,945 2.4 0.3 1,449 1.9 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 84,487 100.0 79,295 100.0 NA 74,654 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 19,487 23.1 17,870 22.5 0.7 17,904 24.0 2.4 No
10 to 14 19,531 23.1 17,595 22.2 0.7 15,102 20.2 2.1 No
15 to 19 14,895 17.6 13,235 16.7 0.6 11,564 15.5 2.0 No
20 to 24 11,853 14.0 10,510 13.3 0.6 10,782 14.4 2.3 No
25 to 29 4,523 5.4 4,850 6.1 0.4 4,998 6.7 1.3 No
30 to 34 7,481 8.9 7,500 9.5 0.5 6,933 9.3 1.6 No
35 to 44 2,788 3.3 3,390 4.3 0.3 3,033 4.1 0.9 No
45 to 59 2,464 2.9 2,520 3.2 0.3 2,873 3.8 1.1 No
60 or more 1,465 1.7 1,825 2.3 0.3 1,465 2.0 0.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.8 (X) 18.2 (X) NA 17.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 84,487 100.0 79,295 100.0 NA 74,654 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,436 5.3 4,120 5.2 0.4 3,818 5.1 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,990 4.7 4,725 6.0 0.4 5,177 6.9 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,621 11.4 8,950 11.3 0.5 9,612 12.9 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,099 10.8 8,685 11.0 0.5 8,849 11.9 1.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,098 15.5 12,140 15.3 0.6 10,115 13.5 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,364 12.3 9,225 11.6 0.5 6,717 9.0 1.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,769 9.2 5,600 7.1 0.4 6,852 9.2 1.5 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 24,908 29.5 23,290 29.4 0.8 21,448 28.7 2.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,202 1.4 1,720 2.2 0.2 2,066 2.8 0.9 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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