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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Santa Barbara city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: santa_barbara_city_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 85,571 92,325 x x
Total Persons in Household 82,929 87,808 90,708 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 45,830 46,866 47,112 4,037
Total Workers, Place of Work 58,683 60,510 60,745 4,271
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.28 1.29 1.29 0.23

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 58,683 100.0 60,510 100.0 NA 60,745 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 41,246 70.3 41,605 68.8 0.9 41,280 68.0 3.4 No
2-person carpool 6,591 11.2 6,420 10.6 0.6 6,056 10.0 2.4 No
3-person carpool 1,055 1.8 1,170 1.9 0.3 1,330 2.2 1.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 713 1.2 945 1.6 0.2 1,548 2.5 1.9 No
Public Transportation 1,831 3.1 2,439 4.0 0.4 2,955 4.9 2.0 No
Walked 2,796 4.8 2,930 4.8 0.4 3,115 5.1 2.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,579 4.4 2,415 4.0 0.4 2,199 3.6 1.2 No
Worked at home 1,872 3.2 2,585 4.3 0.4 2,262 3.7 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,811 100.0 57,925 100.0 NA 58,483 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,776 19.0 11,610 20.0 0.8 12,116 20.7 4.0 No
10 to 14 13,381 23.6 14,435 24.9 0.9 12,913 22.1 3.5 No
15 to 19 13,566 23.9 11,330 19.6 0.8 9,493 16.2 2.6 Yes
20 to 24 6,833 12.0 6,360 11.0 0.6 6,158 10.5 2.7 No
25 to 29 1,537 2.7 1,190 2.1 0.3 1,221 2.1 1.1 No
30 to 34 3,461 6.1 4,130 7.1 0.5 3,389 5.8 2.2 No
35 to 44 1,314 2.3 2,030 3.5 0.4 3,558 6.1 2.1 Yes
45 to 59 2,919 5.1 3,050 5.3 0.4 3,783 6.5 1.8 No
60 or more 3,024 5.3 3,785 6.5 0.5 5,852 10.0 3.1 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.9 (X) 20.8 (X) NA 22.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 56,811 100.0 57,925 100.0 NA 58,483 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,504 2.6 1,760 3.0 0.3 1,529 2.6 1.3 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,128 3.7 2,300 4.0 0.4 2,671 4.6 1.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,067 7.2 3,800 6.6 0.5 6,091 10.4 2.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,113 12.5 6,640 11.5 0.6 6,773 11.6 2.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,935 19.2 10,075 17.4 0.8 8,022 13.7 2.5 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,331 18.2 9,440 16.3 0.7 11,719 20.0 2.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,001 8.8 5,000 8.6 0.6 5,956 10.2 1.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,002 26.4 17,695 30.5 0.9 14,045 24.0 3.7 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 730 1.3 840 1.5 0.2 1,677 2.9 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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