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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Placer County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: placer_county_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 172,796 248,399 x x
Total Persons in Household 170,452 245,511 314,135 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 81,522 116,409 145,650 3,911
Total Workers, Place of Work 71,802 114,595 144,000 5,746
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.88 0.98 0.99 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 71,802 100.0 114,595 100.0 NA 144,000 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 56,783 79.1 89,720 78.3 0.6 114,584 79.6 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 6,686 9.3 10,565 9.2 0.4 12,628 8.8 1.7 No
3-person carpool 848 1.2 2,110 1.8 0.2 2,070 1.4 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 336 0.5 1,075 0.9 0.1 982 0.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 475 0.7 740 0.6 0.1 343 0.2 0.2 Yes
Walked 1,955 2.7 2,020 1.8 0.2 2,129 1.5 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,290 1.8 1,485 1.3 0.2 2,099 1.5 0.5 No
Worked at home 3,429 4.8 6,890 6.0 0.3 9,165 6.4 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,373 100.0 107,705 100.0 NA 134,835 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,061 19.1 16,300 15.1 0.5 21,045 15.6 2.0 No
10 to 14 12,429 18.2 17,705 16.4 0.5 20,796 15.4 1.9 No
15 to 19 12,214 17.9 18,785 17.4 0.6 23,059 17.1 2.2 No
20 to 24 9,881 14.5 16,265 15.1 0.5 19,739 14.6 1.7 No
25 to 29 3,817 5.6 6,750 6.3 0.4 7,204 5.3 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 7,941 11.6 13,160 12.2 0.5 16,163 12.0 1.7 No
35 to 44 3,234 4.7 5,860 5.4 0.3 7,541 5.6 1.0 No
45 to 59 3,051 4.5 7,200 6.7 0.4 10,372 7.7 1.7 No
60 or more 2,745 4.0 5,675 5.3 0.3 8,916 6.6 1.3 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.1 (X) 23.3 (X) NA 22.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 68,373 100.0 107,705 100.0 NA 134,835 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,817 5.6 6,340 5.9 0.3 7,368 5.5 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,355 6.4 6,470 6.0 0.3 7,832 5.8 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,267 10.6 11,295 10.5 0.4 14,769 11.0 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,678 12.7 13,550 12.6 0.5 17,536 13.0 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,684 17.1 18,845 17.5 0.6 21,762 16.1 1.6 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,392 13.7 14,975 13.9 0.5 19,298 14.3 2.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,067 7.4 6,360 5.9 0.3 10,312 7.6 1.3 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,744 24.5 25,685 23.8 0.6 31,789 23.6 1.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,369 2.0 2,985 2.8 0.2 4,169 3.1 1.0 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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