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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Orange County, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: orange_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 307,647 341,367 x x
Total Persons in Household 293,491 327,675 359,089 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 141,664 152,489 166,914 4,018
Total Workers, Place of Work 115,608 127,660 139,499 5,891
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.82 0.84 0.84 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 115,608 100.0 127,660 100.0 NA 139,499 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 88,041 76.2 100,450 78.7 0.5 108,121 77.5 2.3 No
2-person carpool 11,807 10.2 10,485 8.2 0.4 10,185 7.3 1.3 No
3-person carpool 1,700 1.5 1,710 1.3 0.2 922 0.7 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,013 0.9 1,235 1.0 0.1 2,320 1.7 0.8 No
Public Transportation 1,207 1.0 1,405 1.1 0.1 2,416 1.7 0.9 No
Walked 6,378 5.5 6,315 4.9 0.3 5,582 4.0 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,056 1.8 1,980 1.6 0.2 5,806 4.2 1.5 Yes
Worked at home 3,406 2.9 4,085 3.2 0.2 4,147 3.0 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 112,202 100.0 123,575 100.0 NA 135,352 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 25,144 22.4 23,020 18.6 0.5 24,924 18.4 1.9 No
10 to 14 21,280 19.0 22,075 17.9 0.5 16,326 12.1 1.5 Yes
15 to 19 19,415 17.3 19,755 16.0 0.5 20,727 15.3 1.7 No
20 to 24 14,559 13.0 17,040 13.8 0.5 18,585 13.7 1.8 No
25 to 29 5,689 5.1 6,965 5.6 0.3 9,150 6.8 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 11,739 10.5 12,850 10.4 0.4 17,087 12.6 2.3 No
35 to 44 4,899 4.4 6,670 5.4 0.3 9,365 6.9 1.4 Yes
45 to 59 5,027 4.5 7,085 5.7 0.3 9,000 6.6 1.2 No
60 or more 4,450 4.0 8,115 6.6 0.3 10,188 7.5 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.2 (X) 23.0 (X) NA 23.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 112,202 100.0 123,575 100.0 NA 135,352 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,546 3.2 4,645 3.8 0.3 5,803 4.3 1.1 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,049 4.5 6,200 5.0 0.3 5,624 4.2 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,474 9.3 12,655 10.2 0.4 13,875 10.3 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,367 12.8 14,260 11.5 0.4 14,341 10.6 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 19,665 17.5 20,195 16.3 0.5 17,097 12.6 1.7 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 15,934 14.2 16,745 13.6 0.5 19,324 14.3 1.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,870 9.7 10,745 8.7 0.4 11,337 8.4 1.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 30,160 26.9 33,750 27.3 0.6 45,258 33.4 2.6 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,137 1.9 3,165 2.6 0.2 2,693 2.0 0.6 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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