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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Sacramento County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: sacramento_county_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 1,041,219 1,223,499 x x
Total Persons in Household 1,019,075 1,198,004 1,337,942 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 482,321 536,310 589,109 7,681
Total Workers, Place of Work 503,371 553,650 623,470 10,746
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.04 1.03 1.06 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 503,371 100.0 553,650 100.0 NA 623,470 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 379,949 75.5 418,485 75.6 0.3 467,193 74.9 1.0 No
2-person carpool 59,010 11.7 62,750 11.3 0.2 68,751 11.0 0.7 No
3-person carpool 8,488 1.7 10,495 1.9 0.1 11,824 1.9 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 4,808 1.0 5,745 1.0 0.1 7,884 1.3 0.4 No
Public Transportation 14,277 2.8 17,435 3.1 0.1 16,458 2.6 0.3 Yes
Walked 11,802 2.3 10,980 2.0 0.1 13,714 2.2 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 11,486 2.3 9,475 1.7 0.1 12,240 2.0 0.3 No
Worked at home 13,551 2.7 18,290 3.3 0.1 25,406 4.1 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 489,820 100.0 535,360 100.0 NA 598,064 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 56,576 11.6 54,065 10.1 0.2 61,654 10.3 0.7 No
10 to 14 69,324 14.2 68,075 12.7 0.2 75,517 12.6 0.8 No
15 to 19 88,437 18.1 82,715 15.5 0.2 85,428 14.3 0.8 Yes
20 to 24 89,593 18.3 90,525 16.9 0.2 89,634 15.0 0.9 Yes
25 to 29 37,094 7.6 39,240 7.3 0.2 40,959 6.8 0.6 No
30 to 34 71,913 14.7 86,405 16.1 0.2 96,150 16.1 0.9 No
35 to 44 27,017 5.5 36,225 6.8 0.2 49,954 8.4 0.6 Yes
45 to 59 28,222 5.8 39,950 7.5 0.2 51,394 8.6 0.6 Yes
60 or more 21,644 4.4 38,160 7.1 0.2 47,374 7.9 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.7 (X) 26.5 (X) NA 25.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 489,820 100.0 535,360 100.0 NA 598,064 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 22,217 4.5 29,090 5.4 0.1 36,400 6.1 0.5 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 27,674 5.6 32,265 6.0 0.2 41,948 7.0 0.6 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 57,963 11.8 54,930 10.3 0.2 63,634 10.6 0.7 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 72,513 14.8 71,105 13.3 0.2 79,136 13.2 0.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 88,878 18.1 91,395 17.1 0.2 89,468 15.0 0.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 68,663 14.0 74,430 13.9 0.2 75,592 12.6 0.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 33,999 6.9 35,205 6.6 0.2 45,271 7.6 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 108,227 22.1 125,995 23.5 0.3 149,668 25.0 1.2 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 9,686 2.0 13,365 2.5 0.1 16,947 2.8 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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