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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Passaic County, New Jersey

Download an Excel file* of this document: passaic_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 453,060 489,049 x x
Total Persons in Household 442,797 479,073 487,756 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 220,595 210,378 216,796 4,999
Total Workers, Place of Work 190,334 173,220 182,059 7,052
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.86 0.82 0.84 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 190,334 100.0 173,220 100.0 NA 182,059 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 139,847 73.5 129,160 74.6 0.5 134,900 74.1 1.8 No
2-person carpool 21,068 11.1 15,110 8.7 0.3 14,561 8.0 1.3 No
3-person carpool 3,366 1.8 3,115 1.8 0.1 1,733 1.0 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,432 1.3 2,930 1.7 0.1 1,857 1.0 0.4 Yes
Public Transportation 7,283 3.8 8,770 5.1 0.2 11,952 6.6 1.4 Yes
Walked 10,560 5.5 7,545 4.4 0.2 10,153 5.6 1.1 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,460 1.3 2,090 1.2 0.1 3,552 2.0 0.7 Yes
Worked at home 3,318 1.7 4,495 2.6 0.2 3,351 1.8 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 187,016 100.0 168,725 100.0 NA 178,708 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 27,966 15.0 22,350 13.2 0.4 20,883 11.7 1.3 Yes
10 to 14 33,406 17.9 26,495 15.7 0.4 22,147 12.4 1.3 Yes
15 to 19 35,189 18.8 28,135 16.7 0.4 37,421 20.9 2.6 Yes
20 to 24 28,336 15.2 24,865 14.7 0.4 25,191 14.1 1.6 No
25 to 29 9,872 5.3 9,370 5.6 0.2 9,297 5.2 1.0 No
30 to 34 22,300 11.9 21,870 13.0 0.4 28,756 16.1 1.9 Yes
35 to 44 8,795 4.7 9,685 5.7 0.2 7,504 4.2 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 10,288 5.5 11,795 7.0 0.3 13,452 7.5 1.2 No
60 or more 10,864 5.8 14,170 8.4 0.3 14,057 7.9 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 25.5 (X) NA 24.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 187,016 100.0 168,725 100.0 NA 178,708 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,880 2.6 5,665 3.4 0.2 5,422 3.0 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,115 3.8 6,915 4.1 0.2 8,869 5.0 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 18,734 10.0 16,175 9.6 0.3 20,175 11.3 1.4 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 24,525 13.1 20,395 12.1 0.4 24,054 13.5 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 29,705 15.9 25,930 15.4 0.4 27,189 15.2 1.6 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 32,522 17.4 27,255 16.2 0.4 22,641 12.7 1.2 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 22,544 12.1 15,890 9.4 0.3 20,220 11.3 1.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 44,378 23.7 43,965 26.1 0.5 46,147 25.8 2.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,613 1.4 3,280 1.9 0.1 3,991 2.2 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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