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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Sandy Springs CDP, Georgia

Download an Excel file* of this document: sandy_springs_cdp_georgia.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 67,842 85,781 x x
Total Persons in Household 67,662 85,295 99,577 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 40,860 51,358 59,336 5,941
Total Workers, Place of Work 51,622 79,530 82,482 5,136
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.26 1.55 1.39 0.31

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 51,622 100.0 79,530 100.0 NA 82,482 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 43,042 83.4 66,555 83.7 0.6 70,030 84.9 2.8 No
2-person carpool 4,361 8.4 5,615 7.1 0.4 5,556 6.7 1.9 No
3-person carpool 523 1.0 710 0.9 0.2 685 0.8 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 174 0.3 485 0.6 0.1 205 0.2 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 1,335 2.6 2,090 2.6 0.3 1,560 1.9 1.1 No
Walked 385 0.7 840 1.1 0.2 986 1.2 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 304 0.6 635 0.8 0.2 332 0.4 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 1,498 2.9 2,610 3.3 0.3 3,128 3.8 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 50,124 100.0 76,920 100.0 NA 79,354 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 2,921 5.8 4,015 5.2 0.4 5,717 7.2 2.3 No
10 to 14 4,354 8.7 5,045 6.6 0.4 6,071 7.7 2.1 No
15 to 19 6,112 12.2 7,360 9.6 0.5 6,295 7.9 1.8 No
20 to 24 6,994 14.0 8,305 10.8 0.5 10,502 13.2 2.4 No
25 to 29 3,826 7.6 4,470 5.8 0.4 3,681 4.6 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 9,498 18.9 13,110 17.0 0.6 11,309 14.3 2.3 Yes
35 to 44 5,398 10.8 7,845 10.2 0.5 8,809 11.1 2.1 No
45 to 59 7,073 14.1 13,285 17.3 0.7 11,558 14.6 2.0 Yes
60 or more 3,948 7.9 13,485 17.5 0.7 15,412 19.4 2.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 29.3 (X) 36.9 (X) NA 34.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 50,124 100.0 76,920 100.0 NA 79,354 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 742 1.5 1,655 2.2 0.3 1,691 2.1 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,422 2.8 3,190 4.1 0.3 1,940 2.4 0.8 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,289 8.6 6,775 8.8 0.5 6,437 8.1 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,250 14.5 9,610 12.5 0.6 10,660 13.4 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,022 18.0 12,695 16.5 0.6 11,208 14.1 2.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,621 19.2 13,195 17.2 0.6 11,426 14.4 1.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,124 14.2 8,410 10.9 0.5 11,131 14.0 2.0 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,354 20.7 19,060 24.8 0.7 22,993 29.0 3.6 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 300 0.6 895 1.2 0.2 1,868 2.4 1.5 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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