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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Providence County, Rhode Island

Download an Excel file* of this document: providence_county_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 596,270 621,602 x x
Total Persons in Household 572,697 595,148 610,539 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 276,405 276,324 286,026 5,115
Total Workers, Place of Work 285,397 280,115 280,705 7,419
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.03 1.01 0.98 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 285,397 100.0 280,115 100.0 NA 280,705 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 220,229 77.2 223,425 79.8 0.4 226,776 80.8 0.8 Yes
2-person carpool 29,293 10.3 23,610 8.4 0.3 22,760 8.1 1.1 No
3-person carpool 4,297 1.5 3,345 1.2 0.1 2,721 1.0 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,780 0.6 1,880 0.7 0.1 1,751 0.6 0.3 No
Public Transportation 9,216 3.2 7,750 2.8 0.1 8,323 3.0 0.6 No
Walked 13,954 4.9 12,130 4.3 0.2 7,025 2.5 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,443 0.9 2,860 1.0 0.1 3,729 1.3 0.4 No
Worked at home 4,185 1.5 5,115 1.8 0.1 7,620 2.7 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 281,212 100.0 275,000 100.0 NA 273,085 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 51,689 18.4 42,045 15.3 0.3 41,251 15.1 1.1 No
10 to 14 54,828 19.5 49,375 18.0 0.3 42,065 15.4 1.2 Yes
15 to 19 57,237 20.4 51,200 18.6 0.4 51,863 19.0 1.6 No
20 to 24 46,697 16.6 46,435 16.9 0.3 47,391 17.4 1.2 No
25 to 29 16,636 5.9 18,630 6.8 0.2 16,331 6.0 0.8 No
30 to 34 28,123 10.0 30,425 11.1 0.3 33,428 12.2 1.1 Yes
35 to 44 10,529 3.7 13,355 4.9 0.2 16,485 6.0 0.9 Yes
45 to 59 8,920 3.2 12,595 4.6 0.2 14,941 5.5 0.8 Yes
60 or more 6,553 2.3 10,945 4.0 0.2 9,330 3.4 0.5 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.3 (X) 21.4 (X) NA 20.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 281,212 100.0 275,000 100.0 NA 273,085 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,562 2.7 9,935 3.6 0.2 10,963 4.0 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,551 4.5 12,795 4.7 0.2 12,707 4.7 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 34,463 12.3 30,230 11.0 0.3 30,665 11.2 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 35,551 12.6 32,575 11.8 0.3 32,452 11.9 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 48,466 17.2 45,875 16.7 0.3 42,789 15.7 1.0 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 47,736 17.0 43,075 15.7 0.3 40,327 14.8 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 25,267 9.0 20,705 7.5 0.2 24,710 9.0 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 66,033 23.5 69,390 25.2 0.4 73,188 26.8 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,583 1.3 5,365 2.0 0.1 5,284 1.9 0.4 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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