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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Ocean County, New Jersey

Download an Excel file* of this document: ocean_county_new_jersey.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 433,203 510,916 x x
Total Persons in Household 426,852 503,025 550,447 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 178,966 209,328 226,058 4,947
Total Workers, Place of Work 122,844 140,380 156,671 6,400
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.69 0.67 0.69 0.03

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 122,844 100.0 140,380 100.0 NA 156,671 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 98,517 80.2 114,280 81.4 0.5 123,398 78.8 1.7 Yes
2-person carpool 11,784 9.6 11,270 8.0 0.3 12,176 7.8 1.5 No
3-person carpool 1,692 1.4 2,175 1.5 0.1 1,607 1.0 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 936 0.8 1,250 0.9 0.1 3,358 2.1 0.9 Yes
Public Transportation 620 0.5 1,390 1.0 0.1 1,311 0.8 0.4 No
Walked 3,943 3.2 3,055 2.2 0.2 4,185 2.7 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,657 1.3 1,665 1.2 0.1 2,744 1.8 0.6 No
Worked at home 3,695 3.0 5,290 3.8 0.2 7,892 5.0 0.8 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 119,149 100.0 135,090 100.0 NA 148,779 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 24,974 21.0 25,865 19.1 0.5 32,785 22.0 1.9 Yes
10 to 14 23,960 20.1 25,075 18.6 0.5 27,008 18.2 1.7 No
15 to 19 22,013 18.5 23,315 17.3 0.5 23,469 15.8 1.6 No
20 to 24 17,590 14.8 19,795 14.7 0.4 20,662 13.9 1.5 No
25 to 29 5,684 4.8 7,190 5.3 0.3 7,480 5.0 1.0 No
30 to 34 11,892 10.0 14,100 10.4 0.4 15,697 10.6 1.2 No
35 to 44 4,383 3.7 5,815 4.3 0.2 5,403 3.6 0.7 No
45 to 59 4,434 3.7 5,700 4.2 0.2 8,694 5.8 1.2 Yes
60 or more 4,219 3.5 8,230 6.1 0.3 7,581 5.1 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.5 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 19.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 119,149 100.0 135,090 100.0 NA 148,779 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,713 2.3 4,090 3.0 0.2 5,383 3.6 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,373 3.7 5,520 4.1 0.2 6,646 4.5 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,600 8.9 12,480 9.2 0.3 14,745 9.9 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,006 11.8 15,040 11.1 0.4 17,383 11.7 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 18,064 15.2 20,200 15.0 0.4 17,658 11.9 1.4 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 18,283 15.3 19,505 14.4 0.4 20,312 13.7 1.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 13,966 11.7 13,910 10.3 0.4 16,924 11.4 1.5 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 35,518 29.8 40,495 30.0 0.6 47,776 32.1 2.0 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,626 1.4 2,660 2.0 0.2 1,952 1.3 0.5 Yes

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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