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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Quincy city, Massachusetts

Download an Excel file* of this document: quincy_city_massachusetts.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 84,985 88,025 x x
Total Persons in Household 83,506 86,439 84,080 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 45,828 46,991 44,317 4,616
Total Workers, Place of Work 42,603 46,870 48,563 4,783
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.93 1.00 1.10 0.20

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 42,603 100.0 46,870 100.0 NA 48,563 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 31,063 72.9 36,790 78.5 0.8 36,697 75.6 5.1 No
2-person carpool 4,411 10.4 3,360 7.2 0.5 3,248 6.7 2.9 No
3-person carpool 472 1.1 435 0.9 0.2 589 1.2 1.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 401 0.9 180 0.4 0.1 218 0.4 0.4 No
Public Transportation 3,143 7.4 3,640 7.8 0.5 3,587 7.4 2.1 No
Walked 2,074 4.9 1,505 3.2 0.4 2,437 5.0 2.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 518 1.2 280 0.6 0.2 490 1.0 0.7 No
Worked at home 521 1.2 680 1.5 0.2 1,297 2.7 1.2 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 42,082 100.0 46,190 100.0 NA 47,266 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,048 12.0 4,505 9.8 0.6 6,041 12.8 6.3 No
10 to 14 6,364 15.1 5,335 11.6 0.7 4,682 9.9 2.8 No
15 to 19 6,278 14.9 5,420 11.7 0.7 3,865 8.2 1.7 Yes
20 to 24 5,720 13.6 5,760 12.5 0.7 5,264 11.1 2.2 No
25 to 29 2,256 5.4 2,615 5.7 0.5 2,187 4.6 2.1 No
30 to 34 6,481 15.4 7,015 15.2 0.7 6,698 14.2 3.1 No
35 to 44 2,996 7.1 4,285 9.3 0.6 3,373 7.1 2.2 No
45 to 59 3,708 8.8 5,735 12.4 0.7 7,262 15.4 2.4 Yes
60 or more 3,231 7.7 5,525 12.0 0.7 7,894 16.7 3.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.1 (X) 30.4 (X) NA 31.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 42,082 100.0 46,190 100.0 NA 47,266 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 980 2.3 1,410 3.1 0.4 1,763 3.7 1.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,558 3.7 2,210 4.8 0.4 2,157 4.6 2.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,544 8.4 3,495 7.6 0.5 2,543 5.4 1.6 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,961 11.8 5,640 12.2 0.7 5,624 11.9 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,013 16.7 7,615 16.5 0.8 7,479 15.8 3.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,778 18.5 8,175 17.7 0.8 7,983 16.9 3.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,006 11.9 4,620 10.0 0.6 4,479 9.5 2.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,624 25.2 10,705 23.2 0.9 14,611 30.9 5.4 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 618 1.5 825 1.8 0.3 627 1.3 1.0 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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