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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Rhode Island

Download an Excel file* of this document: 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 1,003,464 1,048,319 x x
Total Persons in Household 964,869 1,009,503 1,032,662 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 481,230 490,905 500,588 6,338
Total Workers, Place of Work 457,743 458,535 471,613 8,269
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.95 0.93 0.94 0.03

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 457,743 100.0 458,535 100.0 NA 471,613 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 358,235 78.3 369,865 80.7 0.3 387,778 82.2 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 44,367 9.7 37,350 8.1 0.2 34,361 7.3 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 6,146 1.3 5,075 1.1 0.1 4,142 0.9 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,152 0.7 3,155 0.7 0.1 2,671 0.6 0.2 No
Public Transportation 10,386 2.3 9,025 2.0 0.1 10,139 2.1 0.4 No
Walked 21,024 4.6 18,510 4.0 0.1 12,435 2.6 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,267 0.9 4,560 1.0 0.1 6,163 1.3 0.3 No
Worked at home 10,166 2.2 10,995 2.4 0.1 13,924 3.0 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 447,577 100.0 447,540 100.0 NA 457,689 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 88,811 19.8 74,755 16.7 0.3 77,950 17.0 1.0 No
10 to 14 87,984 19.7 83,700 18.7 0.3 73,583 16.1 0.9 Yes
15 to 19 89,104 19.9 81,155 18.1 0.3 84,029 18.4 1.1 No
20 to 24 69,627 15.6 72,470 16.2 0.3 71,391 15.6 1.0 No
25 to 29 25,696 5.7 28,360 6.3 0.2 26,657 5.8 0.6 No
30 to 34 43,489 9.7 48,085 10.7 0.2 52,272 11.4 0.9 No
35 to 44 17,191 3.8 21,330 4.8 0.2 29,558 6.5 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 15,302 3.4 20,325 4.5 0.1 26,666 5.8 0.6 Yes
60 or more 10,373 2.3 17,355 3.9 0.1 15,583 3.4 0.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.1 (X) 21.0 (X) NA 20.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 447,577 100.0 447,540 100.0 NA 457,689 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,226 2.7 16,500 3.7 0.1 17,548 3.8 0.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 20,420 4.6 20,245 4.5 0.1 21,691 4.7 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 54,873 12.3 47,965 10.7 0.2 54,050 11.8 0.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 58,653 13.1 54,560 12.2 0.2 55,781 12.2 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 75,424 16.9 73,320 16.4 0.3 71,963 15.7 0.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 71,891 16.1 68,895 15.4 0.3 64,887 14.2 0.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 39,094 8.7 34,065 7.6 0.2 39,819 8.7 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 108,972 24.3 116,570 26.0 0.3 123,793 27.0 1.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,024 1.3 8,620 1.9 0.1 8,157 1.8 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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