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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: northumberland_county_pennsylvania.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 96,771 94,556 x x
Total Persons in Household 95,186 90,837 88,726 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 40,832 41,141 41,239 1,641
Total Workers, Place of Work 33,263 33,220 30,523 2,046
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.81 0.81 0.74 0.06

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 33,263 100.0 33,220 100.0 NA 30,523 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 24,668 74.2 26,435 79.6 0.8 24,494 80.2 2.3 No
2-person carpool 3,643 11.0 2,695 8.1 0.6 2,269 7.4 2.3 No
3-person carpool 695 2.1 535 1.6 0.3 434 1.4 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 402 1.2 340 1.0 0.2 281 0.9 0.7 No
Public Transportation 77 0.2 99 0.3 0.1 147 0.5 0.4 No
Walked 2,243 6.7 1,670 5.0 0.4 1,656 5.4 1.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 403 1.2 380 1.1 0.2 386 1.3 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,132 3.4 1,065 3.2 0.4 856 2.8 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 32,131 100.0 32,155 100.0 NA 29,667 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,473 26.4 7,485 23.3 0.9 7,639 25.7 2.7 No
10 to 14 7,003 21.8 6,080 18.9 0.8 4,983 16.8 2.7 No
15 to 19 5,847 18.2 5,235 16.3 0.8 5,237 17.7 3.3 No
20 to 24 4,295 13.4 4,430 13.8 0.7 4,403 14.8 2.5 No
25 to 29 1,437 4.5 1,655 5.1 0.5 2,053 6.9 2.4 No
30 to 34 2,386 7.4 3,115 9.7 0.6 2,226 7.5 2.1 No
35 to 44 899 2.8 1,260 3.9 0.4 1,179 4.0 1.3 No
45 to 59 958 3.0 1,335 4.2 0.4 1,067 3.6 1.4 No
60 or more 833 2.6 1,570 4.9 0.4 880 3.0 1.2 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.5 (X) 20.8 (X) NA 18.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 32,131 100.0 32,155 100.0 NA 29,667 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,975 6.1 2,350 7.3 0.5 2,717 9.2 1.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,481 7.7 2,285 7.1 0.5 2,479 8.4 1.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,153 16.0 4,125 12.8 0.7 2,581 8.7 1.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,378 10.5 3,120 9.7 0.6 2,902 9.8 2.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,693 14.6 5,130 16.0 0.8 4,476 15.1 2.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,508 10.9 3,280 10.2 0.6 2,940 9.9 2.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,867 5.8 1,620 5.0 0.4 1,241 4.2 1.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 7,998 24.9 8,500 26.4 0.9 8,916 30.1 4.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,078 3.4 1,415 4.4 0.4 1,415 4.8 1.7 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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