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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: San Antonio city, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: san_antonio_city_texas.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 935,927 1,144,646 x x
Total Persons in Household 915,183 1,121,466 1,202,223 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 395,551 491,435 527,381 9,551
Total Workers, Place of Work 477,138 559,810 602,497 9,643
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.21 1.14 1.14 0.04

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 477,138 100.0 559,810 100.0 NA 602,497 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 357,981 75.0 430,880 77.0 0.3 485,687 80.6 0.9 Yes
2-person carpool 58,394 12.2 63,960 11.4 0.2 52,361 8.7 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 8,839 1.9 11,750 2.1 0.1 10,402 1.7 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 5,703 1.2 7,705 1.4 0.1 5,119 0.8 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 19,547 4.1 17,940 3.2 0.1 15,954 2.6 0.6 No
Walked 13,682 2.9 11,035 2.0 0.1 8,269 1.4 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,284 1.1 5,865 1.0 0.1 8,455 1.4 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 7,708 1.6 10,675 1.9 0.1 16,250 2.7 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 469,430 100.0 549,135 100.0 NA 586,247 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 46,558 9.9 49,135 8.9 0.2 56,310 9.6 0.9 No
10 to 14 59,890 12.8 67,165 12.2 0.2 71,822 12.3 0.8 No
15 to 19 87,908 18.7 95,335 17.4 0.2 98,158 16.7 0.9 No
20 to 24 89,140 19.0 102,015 18.6 0.3 102,652 17.5 1.0 Yes
25 to 29 37,226 7.9 41,345 7.5 0.2 46,299 7.9 0.6 No
30 to 34 80,704 17.2 98,565 17.9 0.2 100,153 17.1 1.1 No
35 to 44 22,548 4.8 31,010 5.6 0.1 38,209 6.5 0.6 Yes
45 to 59 25,569 5.4 36,000 6.6 0.2 42,319 7.2 0.6 Yes
60 or more 19,887 4.2 28,560 5.2 0.1 30,325 5.2 0.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.0 (X) 25.3 (X) NA 24.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 469,430 100.0 549,135 100.0 NA 586,247 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,248 3.7 23,790 4.3 0.1 28,972 4.9 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 24,669 5.3 29,950 5.5 0.1 34,203 5.8 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 49,650 10.6 55,450 10.1 0.2 61,772 10.5 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 76,858 16.4 81,565 14.9 0.2 81,624 13.9 0.9 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 91,941 19.6 101,270 18.4 0.3 95,310 16.3 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 60,831 13.0 73,085 13.3 0.2 80,640 13.8 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 30,524 6.5 29,275 5.3 0.1 41,086 7.0 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 107,048 22.8 131,950 24.0 0.3 146,710 25.0 1.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 10,661 2.3 14,760 2.7 0.1 15,930 2.7 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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