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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Providence city, Rhode Island

Download an Excel file* of this document: providence_city_rhode_island.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 160,728 173,618 x x
Total Persons in Household 148,727 159,970 160,264 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 66,699 67,169 68,001 4,510
Total Workers, Place of Work 116,126 110,645 105,145 5,859
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.74 1.65 1.55 0.16

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 116,126 100.0 110,645 100.0 NA 105,145 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 83,292 71.7 84,285 76.2 0.6 82,172 78.2 0.9 Yes
2-person carpool 12,688 10.9 9,390 8.5 0.4 8,654 8.2 1.7 No
3-person carpool 1,590 1.4 1,270 1.1 0.2 1,449 1.4 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 541 0.5 675 0.6 0.1 954 0.9 0.5 No
Public Transportation 7,308 6.3 5,605 5.1 0.3 4,966 4.7 1.0 No
Walked 8,139 7.0 6,550 5.9 0.3 3,520 3.3 1.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,218 1.0 1,215 1.1 0.1 1,035 1.0 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,350 1.2 1,655 1.5 0.2 2,395 2.3 0.7 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 114,776 100.0 108,990 100.0 NA 102,750 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 16,996 14.8 12,935 11.9 0.5 10,898 10.6 1.7 No
10 to 14 20,663 18.0 19,020 17.5 0.5 14,883 14.5 2.0 Yes
15 to 19 24,900 21.7 20,710 19.0 0.6 19,501 19.0 2.2 No
20 to 24 20,681 18.0 19,845 18.2 0.6 19,134 18.6 2.1 No
25 to 29 7,428 6.5 7,615 7.0 0.4 6,876 6.7 1.3 No
30 to 34 12,697 11.1 12,990 11.9 0.5 13,361 13.0 1.4 No
35 to 44 4,770 4.2 6,165 5.7 0.3 7,389 7.2 1.5 No
45 to 59 3,834 3.3 5,390 4.9 0.3 6,732 6.6 1.3 Yes
60 or more 2,807 2.4 4,330 4.0 0.3 3,976 3.9 0.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.2 (X) 22.2 (X) NA 22.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 114,776 100.0 108,990 100.0 NA 102,750 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,483 2.2 3,575 3.3 0.3 3,716 3.6 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,680 4.1 4,685 4.3 0.3 5,004 4.9 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 11,506 10.0 11,050 10.1 0.4 11,069 10.8 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,735 12.0 11,940 11.0 0.5 10,949 10.7 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 20,465 17.8 18,550 17.0 0.5 17,505 17.0 2.1 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 23,003 20.0 18,505 17.0 0.5 16,279 15.8 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 11,246 9.8 8,570 7.9 0.4 11,109 10.8 1.5 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 26,454 23.0 28,340 26.0 0.6 25,499 24.8 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,204 1.0 1,645 1.5 0.2 1,620 1.6 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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