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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Portsmouth city, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: portsmouth_city_virginia.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 103,907 100,565 x x
Total Persons in Household 101,407 95,751 95,183 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 44,390 43,922 41,096 1,740
Total Workers, Place of Work 54,206 49,870 NA NA
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.22 1.14 #VALUE! NA

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 54,206 100.0 49,870 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Drove alone 38,891 71.7 38,845 77.9 0.8 NA NA NA NA
2-person carpool 7,117 13.1 5,310 10.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
3-person carpool 1,386 2.6 740 1.5 0.2 NA NA NA NA
4-or-more-person carpool 1,476 2.7 625 1.3 0.2 NA NA NA NA
Public Transportation 1,539 2.8 815 1.6 0.3 NA NA NA NA
Walked 1,755 3.2 1,200 2.4 0.3 NA NA NA NA
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,048 1.9 1,135 2.3 0.3 NA NA NA NA
Worked at home 994 1.8 1,200 2.4 0.3 NA NA NA NA
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,212 100.0 48,670 100.0 NA 49,297 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,075 9.5 4,630 9.5 0.6 5,525 11.2 2.5 No
10 to 14 7,756 14.6 6,220 12.8 0.7 4,864 9.9 1.9 Yes
15 to 19 9,886 18.6 8,705 17.9 0.8 9,889 20.1 4.0 No
20 to 24 9,110 17.1 8,940 18.4 0.8 7,963 16.2 2.7 No
25 to 29 3,683 6.9 3,475 7.1 0.5 4,251 8.6 1.9 No
30 to 34 8,437 15.9 7,855 16.1 0.7 8,200 16.6 2.9 No
35 to 44 3,243 6.1 3,035 6.2 0.5 3,295 6.7 1.9 No
45 to 59 3,619 6.8 3,010 6.2 0.5 3,008 6.1 2.0 No
60 or more 2,403 4.5 2,795 5.7 0.5 2,302 4.7 1.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.2 (X) 25.5 (X) NA NA (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,212 100.0 48,670 100.0 NA 49,297 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,540 4.8 3,555 7.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,708 8.8 5,315 10.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,634 18.1 7,980 16.4 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,516 17.9 7,465 15.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,889 12.9 6,410 13.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,173 9.7 4,940 10.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,990 5.6 2,420 5.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,924 20.5 9,015 18.5 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 838 1.6 1,020 2.1 0.3 NA NA NA NA

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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