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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Richmond city, Virginia

Download an Excel file* of this document: richmond_city_virginia.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 203,056 197,790 x x
Total Persons in Household 191,850 186,554 180,757 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 94,365 88,924 84,876 2,496
Total Workers, Place of Work 175,598 157,005 161,589 6,094
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.86 1.77 1.90 0.10

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 175,598 100.0 157,005 100.0 NA 161,589 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 127,654 72.7 123,965 79.0 0.5 130,828 81.0 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 21,808 12.4 15,035 9.6 0.3 14,706 9.1 1.4 No
3-person carpool 2,990 1.7 2,180 1.4 0.1 1,819 1.1 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 2,041 1.2 1,335 0.9 0.1 1,060 0.7 0.3 No
Public Transportation 12,232 7.0 6,819 4.3 0.2 5,930 3.7 0.8 No
Walked 5,199 3.0 3,810 2.4 0.2 2,454 1.5 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,105 1.2 1,825 1.2 0.1 2,381 1.5 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,569 0.9 2,025 1.3 0.1 2,411 1.5 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 174,029 100.0 154,980 100.0 NA 159,178 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,069 6.9 10,700 6.9 0.3 9,349 5.9 1.0 Yes
10 to 14 19,637 11.3 17,020 11.0 0.4 18,253 11.5 1.2 No
15 to 19 30,773 17.7 26,315 17.0 0.4 28,156 17.7 1.8 No
20 to 24 36,410 20.9 29,885 19.3 0.4 32,432 20.4 2.1 No
25 to 29 14,786 8.5 13,490 8.7 0.3 14,052 8.8 1.2 No
30 to 34 30,820 17.7 26,095 16.8 0.4 24,919 15.7 1.4 No
35 to 44 10,620 6.1 9,950 6.4 0.3 10,751 6.8 0.9 No
45 to 59 11,382 6.5 10,990 7.1 0.3 11,830 7.4 1.4 No
60 or more 7,532 4.3 10,540 6.8 0.3 9,436 5.9 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.1 (X) 27.1 (X) NA 25.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 174,029 100.0 154,980 100.0 NA 159,178 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,306 2.5 4,490 2.9 0.2 4,288 2.7 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,813 4.5 6,665 4.3 0.2 7,846 4.9 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 17,934 10.3 14,740 9.5 0.3 16,251 10.2 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 23,628 13.6 19,335 12.5 0.4 19,132 12.0 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 32,470 18.7 27,950 18.0 0.4 28,215 17.7 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 31,684 18.2 27,415 17.7 0.4 27,636 17.4 1.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 16,598 9.5 11,795 7.6 0.3 17,255 10.8 1.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 37,365 21.5 36,015 23.2 0.5 36,693 23.1 1.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,231 1.3 2,620 1.7 0.1 1,862 1.2 0.4 Yes

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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