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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: San Francisco County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: san_francisco_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 723,959 776,733 x x
Total Persons in Household 699,330 756,976 719,077 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 382,309 418,553 381,922 4,841
Total Workers, Place of Work 567,112 587,300 539,500 13,180
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.48 1.40 1.41 0.05

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 567,112 100.0 587,300 100.0 NA 539,500 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 217,048 38.3 220,190 37.5 0.3 206,113 38.2 1.4 No
2-person carpool 54,342 9.6 51,035 8.7 0.2 43,758 8.1 0.8 No
3-person carpool 18,693 3.3 20,170 3.4 0.1 14,857 2.8 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 10,812 1.9 7,955 1.4 0.1 9,104 1.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 197,340 34.8 208,675 35.5 0.3 187,012 34.7 1.3 No
Walked 38,481 6.8 39,350 6.7 0.2 37,473 6.9 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 15,917 2.8 20,550 3.5 0.1 17,042 3.2 0.3 No
Worked at home 14,479 2.6 19,375 3.3 0.1 24,141 4.5 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 552,633 100.0 567,925 100.0 NA 515,359 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,438 5.1 24,490 4.3 0.1 23,791 4.6 0.6 No
10 to 14 43,209 7.8 38,840 6.8 0.2 40,920 7.9 0.6 Yes
15 to 19 62,135 11.2 58,990 10.4 0.2 53,629 10.4 0.8 No
20 to 24 72,023 13.0 69,095 12.2 0.2 66,035 12.8 0.8 No
25 to 29 29,950 5.4 30,015 5.3 0.1 26,990 5.2 0.6 No
30 to 34 100,047 18.1 97,430 17.2 0.2 95,045 18.4 1.3 No
35 to 44 51,775 9.4 52,455 9.2 0.2 49,274 9.6 0.8 No
45 to 59 77,289 14.0 83,200 14.6 0.2 67,501 13.1 0.8 Yes
60 or more 87,767 15.9 113,415 20.0 0.3 92,174 17.9 1.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 33.4 (X) 37.4 (X) NA 33.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 552,633 100.0 567,925 100.0 NA 515,359 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 18,321 3.3 22,475 4.0 0.1 18,305 3.6 0.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 23,240 4.2 21,360 3.8 0.1 18,731 3.6 0.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 41,074 7.4 36,460 6.4 0.2 36,426 7.1 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 62,916 11.4 54,855 9.7 0.2 47,057 9.1 0.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 90,651 16.4 84,565 14.9 0.2 60,665 11.8 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 94,902 17.2 94,095 16.6 0.2 86,370 16.8 1.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 69,067 12.5 65,140 11.5 0.2 75,445 14.6 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 143,402 25.9 166,090 29.2 0.3 160,436 31.1 1.0 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 9,060 1.6 11,505 2.0 0.1 11,924 2.3 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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