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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Rochester city, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: rochester_city_new_york.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 231,636 219,773 x x
Total Persons in Household 221,736 210,351 189,312 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 99,620 89,467 78,089 5,860
Total Workers, Place of Work 197,146 167,060 157,448 6,456
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.98 1.87 2.02 0.15

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 197,146 100.0 167,060 100.0 NA 157,448 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 148,640 75.4 136,030 81.4 0.5 133,388 84.7 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 22,129 11.2 13,440 8.0 0.3 11,575 7.4 1.3 No
3-person carpool 2,466 1.3 1,190 0.7 0.1 916 0.6 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,049 0.5 715 0.4 0.1 709 0.5 0.2 No
Public Transportation 11,539 5.9 6,455 3.9 0.2 4,213 2.7 0.7 Yes
Walked 7,982 4.0 5,840 3.5 0.2 2,924 1.9 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,571 0.8 1,345 0.8 0.1 2,226 1.4 0.6 Yes
Worked at home 1,770 0.9 2,050 1.2 0.1 1,497 1.0 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 195,376 100.0 165,010 100.0 NA 155,951 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 18,546 9.5 15,910 9.6 0.3 15,534 10.0 1.2 No
10 to 14 29,688 15.2 26,135 15.8 0.4 26,150 16.8 2.0 No
15 to 19 40,458 20.7 33,040 20.0 0.5 30,220 19.4 2.0 No
20 to 24 39,508 20.2 34,395 20.8 0.5 32,427 20.8 1.6 No
25 to 29 15,111 7.7 12,890 7.8 0.3 14,706 9.4 1.4 Yes
30 to 34 24,466 12.5 18,240 11.1 0.4 16,751 10.7 1.3 No
35 to 44 9,993 5.1 8,550 5.2 0.3 7,480 4.8 0.7 No
45 to 59 10,117 5.2 8,010 4.9 0.3 6,577 4.2 0.6 No
60 or more 7,489 3.8 7,835 4.7 0.3 6,106 3.9 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 23.0 (X) NA 21.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 195,376 100.0 165,010 100.0 NA 155,951 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,253 4.2 10,535 6.4 0.3 7,712 4.9 0.9 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,400 6.3 11,035 6.7 0.3 9,286 6.0 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 25,768 13.2 18,050 10.9 0.4 18,986 12.2 1.2 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 29,013 14.8 22,635 13.7 0.4 19,892 12.8 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 33,757 17.3 28,150 17.1 0.4 26,240 16.8 1.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 27,715 14.2 22,295 13.5 0.4 22,999 14.7 1.5 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 15,697 8.0 11,010 6.7 0.3 12,582 8.1 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 40,182 20.6 35,015 21.2 0.5 34,767 22.3 1.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,591 1.3 3,780 2.3 0.2 3,487 2.2 0.5 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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