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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Pierce County, Washington

Download an Excel file* of this document: pierce_county_washington.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 586,203 700,820 x x
Total Persons in Household 563,045 679,310 731,598 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 270,589 324,285 332,038 5,799
Total Workers, Place of Work 233,197 271,820 291,240 8,056
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.86 0.84 0.88 0.04

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 233,197 100.0 271,820 100.0 NA 291,240 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 178,396 76.5 210,580 77.5 0.4 232,662 79.9 1.7 Yes
2-person carpool 22,516 9.7 26,445 9.7 0.3 26,151 9.0 1.1 No
3-person carpool 3,211 1.4 3,825 1.4 0.1 4,452 1.5 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,566 0.7 2,420 0.9 0.1 2,925 1.0 0.5 No
Public Transportation 3,935 1.7 5,405 2.0 0.1 5,726 2.0 0.6 No
Walked 11,553 5.0 8,695 3.2 0.2 5,537 1.9 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,210 1.4 2,880 1.1 0.1 3,157 1.1 0.3 No
Worked at home 8,810 3.8 11,565 4.3 0.2 10,630 3.6 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 224,387 100.0 260,255 100.0 NA 280,610 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 36,446 16.2 35,995 13.8 0.3 32,974 11.8 1.1 Yes
10 to 14 35,960 16.0 39,460 15.2 0.3 38,519 13.7 1.3 Yes
15 to 19 41,371 18.4 43,505 16.7 0.3 44,945 16.0 1.3 No
20 to 24 38,513 17.2 42,205 16.2 0.3 49,216 17.5 1.5 No
25 to 29 14,933 6.7 17,065 6.6 0.2 17,291 6.2 0.8 No
30 to 34 27,662 12.3 33,010 12.7 0.3 41,178 14.7 1.6 Yes
35 to 44 11,413 5.1 15,560 6.0 0.2 17,335 6.2 0.7 No
45 to 59 10,511 4.7 16,760 6.4 0.2 21,666 7.7 1.0 Yes
60 or more 7,578 3.4 16,690 6.4 0.2 17,486 6.2 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.5 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 23.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 224,387 100.0 260,255 100.0 NA 280,610 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 16,036 7.1 20,070 7.7 0.3 24,627 8.8 0.9 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 18,424 8.2 19,550 7.5 0.2 25,359 9.0 1.3 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 23,139 10.3 27,200 10.5 0.3 29,188 10.4 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 30,377 13.5 31,430 12.1 0.3 32,053 11.4 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 35,003 15.6 37,990 14.6 0.3 37,353 13.3 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 24,830 11.1 27,835 10.7 0.3 29,151 10.4 1.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 14,566 6.5 16,890 6.5 0.2 20,383 7.3 1.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 57,141 25.5 69,475 26.7 0.4 71,608 25.5 1.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,871 2.2 8,030 3.1 0.2 10,888 3.9 0.6 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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