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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Sacramento city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: sacramento_city_california.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 369,365 407,018 x x
Total Persons in Household 361,227 398,016 445,287 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 159,203 166,419 188,563 8,931
Total Workers, Place of Work 269,891 268,055 301,636 9,262
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.70 1.61 1.60 0.11

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 269,891 100.0 268,055 100.0 NA 301,636 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 197,165 73.1 197,360 73.6 0.4 218,628 72.5 0.2 Yes
2-person carpool 34,935 12.9 33,425 12.5 0.3 35,926 11.9 1.1 No
3-person carpool 5,324 2.0 5,390 2.0 0.1 7,446 2.5 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,144 1.2 3,125 1.2 0.1 4,634 1.5 0.7 No
Public Transportation 12,236 4.5 13,780 5.1 0.2 12,466 4.1 0.6 Yes
Walked 6,142 2.3 5,045 1.9 0.1 6,837 2.3 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 7,100 2.6 5,050 1.9 0.1 7,499 2.5 0.4 Yes
Worked at home 3,845 1.4 4,875 1.8 0.1 8,200 2.7 0.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 266,046 100.0 263,180 100.0 NA 293,436 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 23,916 9.0 20,300 7.7 0.2 22,522 7.7 0.9 No
10 to 14 34,827 13.1 31,215 11.9 0.3 35,430 12.1 1.3 No
15 to 19 49,305 18.5 41,830 15.9 0.3 41,610 14.2 1.2 Yes
20 to 24 50,255 18.9 46,420 17.6 0.4 46,333 15.8 1.4 Yes
25 to 29 20,284 7.6 19,500 7.4 0.2 20,858 7.1 0.9 No
30 to 34 41,239 15.5 43,280 16.4 0.3 47,295 16.1 1.3 No
35 to 44 15,805 5.9 18,255 6.9 0.2 26,616 9.1 0.9 Yes
45 to 59 17,214 6.5 21,925 8.3 0.3 28,460 9.7 1.0 Yes
60 or more 13,201 5.0 20,455 7.8 0.2 24,312 8.3 1.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.8 (X) 27.7 (X) NA 27.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 266,046 100.0 263,180 100.0 NA 293,436 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,164 4.6 13,410 5.1 0.2 16,680 5.7 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 14,510 5.5 16,130 6.1 0.2 23,293 7.9 0.8 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 31,048 11.7 28,010 10.6 0.3 30,690 10.5 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 39,910 15.0 35,570 13.5 0.3 39,045 13.3 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 51,424 19.3 46,445 17.6 0.4 46,834 16.0 1.4 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 39,564 14.9 37,590 14.3 0.3 37,105 12.6 1.0 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 18,467 6.9 17,285 6.6 0.2 21,659 7.4 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 53,762 20.2 58,135 22.1 0.4 70,553 24.0 1.8 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,197 2.0 6,480 2.5 0.1 7,577 2.6 0.6 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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