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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Polk County, Florida

Download an Excel file* of this document: polk_county_florida.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 405,382 483,924 x x
Total Persons in Household 395,256 471,378 530,126 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 168,297 202,341 227,493 5,023
Total Workers, Place of Work 163,466 188,240 208,656 5,553
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.97 0.93 0.92 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 163,466 100.0 188,240 100.0 NA 208,656 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 130,963 80.1 152,055 80.8 0.4 173,072 82.9 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 17,405 10.6 18,410 9.8 0.3 16,884 8.1 1.1 Yes
3-person carpool 2,701 1.7 3,460 1.8 0.1 3,702 1.8 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,317 0.8 2,915 1.5 0.1 2,344 1.1 0.7 No
Public Transportation 818 0.5 1,378 0.7 0.1 395 0.2 0.1 Yes
Walked 3,894 2.4 2,845 1.5 0.1 3,151 1.5 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,892 1.8 2,975 1.6 0.1 2,900 1.4 0.4 No
Worked at home 3,476 2.1 4,205 2.2 0.2 6,208 3.0 0.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 159,990 100.0 184,035 100.0 NA 202,448 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 27,429 17.1 25,135 13.7 0.4 31,230 15.4 1.9 No
10 to 14 28,817 18.0 29,330 15.9 0.4 27,136 13.4 1.4 Yes
15 to 19 32,825 20.5 33,820 18.4 0.4 33,564 16.6 1.6 Yes
20 to 24 24,065 15.0 29,580 16.1 0.4 38,351 18.9 1.8 Yes
25 to 29 7,929 5.0 10,835 5.9 0.3 12,653 6.3 1.0 No
30 to 34 20,977 13.1 25,055 13.6 0.4 25,604 12.6 1.3 No
35 to 44 5,875 3.7 8,300 4.5 0.2 9,925 4.9 0.9 No
45 to 59 6,932 4.3 11,200 6.1 0.3 14,347 7.1 1.0 No
60 or more 5,141 3.2 10,775 5.9 0.3 9,638 4.8 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 23.9 (X) NA 22.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 159,990 100.0 184,035 100.0 NA 202,448 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,925 4.3 10,965 6.0 0.3 15,061 7.4 1.0 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 8,524 5.3 12,235 6.6 0.3 14,152 7.0 1.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 21,470 13.4 22,625 12.3 0.4 24,302 12.0 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 22,668 14.2 24,905 13.5 0.4 28,808 14.2 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 29,834 18.6 34,190 18.6 0.4 34,038 16.8 1.6 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 22,117 13.8 22,720 12.3 0.4 23,174 11.4 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,037 6.3 8,580 4.7 0.2 11,355 5.6 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 34,474 21.5 39,510 21.5 0.5 44,456 22.0 1.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,941 2.5 6,160 3.3 0.2 7,102 3.5 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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