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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: San Mateo County, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: san_mateo_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 649,623 707,161 x x
Total Persons in Household 637,628 696,711 689,271 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 346,559 354,096 322,263 6,089
Total Workers, Place of Work 319,866 353,375 323,790 8,716
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 1.00 1.00 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 319,866 100.0 353,375 100.0 NA 323,790 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 238,969 74.7 261,590 74.0 0.4 237,435 73.3 1.3 No
2-person carpool 33,258 10.4 36,570 10.3 0.2 27,798 8.6 1.0 Yes
3-person carpool 6,409 2.0 7,470 2.1 0.1 6,352 2.0 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,699 1.2 4,490 1.3 0.1 2,843 0.9 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 13,253 4.1 15,180 4.3 0.2 16,786 5.2 0.8 Yes
Walked 8,498 2.7 7,980 2.3 0.1 8,802 2.7 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 6,248 2.0 7,245 2.1 0.1 6,086 1.9 0.4 No
Worked at home 9,532 3.0 12,845 3.6 0.2 17,688 5.5 0.8 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,334 100.0 340,530 100.0 NA 306,102 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 37,154 12.0 30,770 9.0 0.2 34,099 11.1 1.0 Yes
10 to 14 48,706 15.7 43,805 12.9 0.3 40,345 13.2 1.3 No
15 to 19 52,866 17.0 48,565 14.3 0.3 43,855 14.3 1.2 No
20 to 24 44,814 14.4 45,045 13.2 0.3 43,462 14.2 1.2 No
25 to 29 17,436 5.6 17,715 5.2 0.2 18,459 6.0 0.7 Yes
30 to 34 40,824 13.2 48,140 14.1 0.3 42,872 14.0 1.1 No
35 to 44 19,388 6.2 25,565 7.5 0.2 24,168 7.9 0.7 No
45 to 59 24,141 7.8 33,660 9.9 0.2 27,129 8.9 1.0 No
60 or more 25,005 8.1 47,270 13.9 0.3 31,713 10.4 1.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.9 (X) 31.4 (X) NA 26.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,334 100.0 340,530 100.0 NA 306,102 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,393 4.0 16,085 4.7 0.2 15,607 5.1 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 14,312 4.6 16,400 4.8 0.2 13,107 4.3 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 26,560 8.6 24,390 7.2 0.2 21,975 7.2 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 35,114 11.3 34,475 10.1 0.2 30,929 10.1 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 51,550 16.6 49,980 14.7 0.3 42,479 13.9 1.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 50,589 16.3 51,840 15.2 0.3 48,597 15.9 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 30,548 9.8 32,925 9.7 0.2 36,769 12.0 1.0 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 82,864 26.7 100,645 29.6 0.4 89,846 29.4 1.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,404 2.1 8,935 2.6 0.1 6,793 2.2 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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