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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Prince George's County, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: prince_george_s_county_maryland.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 729,268 801,515 x x
Total Persons in Household 712,805 784,158 828,834 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 414,918 397,403 409,890 7,558
Total Workers, Place of Work 295,132 295,285 305,003 9,550
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.71 0.74 0.74 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 295,132 100.0 295,285 100.0 NA 305,003 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 219,653 74.4 222,405 75.3 0.4 229,228 75.2 1.3 No
2-person carpool 33,788 11.4 30,730 10.4 0.3 27,888 9.1 1.1 Yes
3-person carpool 5,833 2.0 6,065 2.1 0.1 5,386 1.8 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,720 1.3 3,585 1.2 0.1 3,819 1.3 0.4 No
Public Transportation 11,378 3.9 12,595 4.3 0.2 18,201 6.0 1.0 Yes
Walked 11,144 3.8 8,595 2.9 0.1 6,265 2.1 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,465 1.2 3,260 1.1 0.1 3,022 1.0 0.3 No
Worked at home 6,151 2.1 8,050 2.7 0.1 11,194 3.7 0.8 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 288,981 100.0 287,235 100.0 NA 293,809 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 27,139 9.4 20,865 7.3 0.2 19,780 6.7 1.0 No
10 to 14 33,221 11.5 28,910 10.1 0.3 26,840 9.1 1.0 No
15 to 19 40,790 14.1 34,880 12.1 0.3 35,352 12.0 1.0 No
20 to 24 41,321 14.3 38,580 13.4 0.3 36,787 12.5 1.0 No
25 to 29 18,997 6.6 19,675 6.8 0.2 16,400 5.6 0.9 Yes
30 to 34 45,297 15.7 47,635 16.6 0.3 48,955 16.7 1.3 No
35 to 44 25,265 8.7 27,470 9.6 0.3 29,942 10.2 1.1 No
45 to 59 33,006 11.4 35,420 12.3 0.3 40,598 13.8 1.2 Yes
60 or more 23,945 8.3 33,795 11.8 0.3 39,155 13.3 1.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.2 (X) 31.5 (X) NA 31.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 288,981 100.0 287,235 100.0 NA 293,809 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,830 4.4 14,780 5.1 0.2 20,917 7.1 1.0 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 17,366 6.0 17,405 6.1 0.2 20,446 7.0 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 29,481 10.2 27,685 9.6 0.3 29,080 9.9 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 39,215 13.6 36,635 12.8 0.3 37,843 12.9 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 46,048 15.9 42,870 14.9 0.3 39,072 13.3 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 42,275 14.6 39,915 13.9 0.3 31,757 10.8 1.0 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 28,498 9.9 22,990 8.0 0.2 26,571 9.0 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 67,559 23.4 72,500 25.2 0.4 79,486 27.1 1.6 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,709 2.0 6,885 2.4 0.1 8,637 2.9 0.6 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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