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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Oakland city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: oakland_city_california.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 372,242 399,484 x x
Total Persons in Household 364,371 392,309 373,910 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 160,160 170,503 164,169 7,816
Total Workers, Place of Work 177,810 181,760 191,826 8,265
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.11 1.07 1.17 0.09

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 177,810 100.0 181,760 100.0 NA 191,826 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 115,123 64.7 116,050 63.8 0.5 129,760 67.6 1.8 Yes
2-person carpool 18,330 10.3 17,975 9.9 0.3 15,634 8.2 1.3 Yes
3-person carpool 3,307 1.9 3,990 2.2 0.2 2,955 1.5 0.6 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,811 1.0 2,765 1.5 0.1 1,595 0.8 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 22,519 12.7 24,070 13.2 0.4 26,388 13.8 1.7 No
Walked 7,647 4.3 5,875 3.2 0.2 4,749 2.5 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,231 1.8 4,090 2.3 0.2 3,852 2.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 5,842 3.3 6,940 3.8 0.2 6,893 3.6 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 171,968 100.0 174,820 100.0 NA 184,933 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,728 8.0 11,475 6.6 0.3 10,674 5.8 1.0 No
10 to 14 21,439 12.5 20,025 11.5 0.4 19,902 10.8 1.5 No
15 to 19 27,479 16.0 24,030 13.7 0.4 29,730 16.1 1.6 Yes
20 to 24 25,181 14.6 24,235 13.9 0.4 27,106 14.7 1.2 No
25 to 29 9,531 5.5 9,360 5.4 0.3 9,341 5.1 0.8 No
30 to 34 27,844 16.2 27,685 15.8 0.4 29,659 16.0 1.7 No
35 to 44 13,985 8.1 14,865 8.5 0.3 14,882 8.0 1.2 No
45 to 59 17,098 9.9 18,935 10.8 0.4 19,683 10.6 1.2 No
60 or more 15,683 9.1 24,215 13.9 0.4 23,956 13.0 1.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.3 (X) 32.1 (X) NA 29.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 171,968 100.0 174,820 100.0 NA 184,933 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,352 4.3 8,700 5.0 0.2 13,394 7.2 1.4 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 8,509 4.9 8,110 4.6 0.2 10,545 5.7 1.1 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 15,967 9.3 13,270 7.6 0.3 14,086 7.6 1.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 19,394 11.3 17,795 10.2 0.3 20,506 11.1 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,920 15.7 26,370 15.1 0.4 23,145 12.5 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 28,465 16.6 28,415 16.3 0.4 28,676 15.5 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 17,276 10.0 14,610 8.4 0.3 19,112 10.3 1.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 44,168 25.7 47,995 27.5 0.5 49,820 26.9 2.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,917 2.3 5,565 3.2 0.2 5,649 3.1 0.7 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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