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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Santa Clara city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: santa_clara_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 93,613 102,361 x x
Total Persons in Household 91,055 99,574 102,204 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 53,687 54,676 47,913 4,598
Total Workers, Place of Work 108,924 119,290 93,558 5,735
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.03 2.18 1.95 0.32

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 108,924 100.0 119,290 100.0 NA 93,558 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 86,573 79.5 94,595 79.3 0.6 75,722 80.9 3.5 No
2-person carpool 13,156 12.1 13,050 10.9 0.4 7,949 8.5 1.9 Yes
3-person carpool 1,743 1.6 2,120 1.8 0.2 820 0.9 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 874 0.8 715 0.6 0.1 788 0.8 0.4 No
Public Transportation 2,369 2.2 3,935 3.3 0.2 2,426 2.6 0.9 No
Walked 1,605 1.5 1,775 1.5 0.2 1,460 1.6 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,655 1.5 1,850 1.6 0.2 3,148 3.4 1.4 Yes
Worked at home 949 0.9 1,240 1.0 0.1 1,245 1.3 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,975 100.0 118,050 100.0 NA 92,313 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,660 6.2 6,040 5.1 0.3 6,451 7.0 2.2 No
10 to 14 11,062 10.2 10,905 9.2 0.4 9,890 10.7 1.7 No
15 to 19 16,263 15.1 16,205 13.7 0.5 15,696 17.0 2.3 Yes
20 to 24 19,410 18.0 18,695 15.8 0.5 15,120 16.4 2.6 No
25 to 29 7,769 7.2 8,265 7.0 0.4 6,008 6.5 1.2 No
30 to 34 18,953 17.6 19,555 16.6 0.5 13,730 14.9 2.1 No
35 to 44 8,550 7.9 9,290 7.9 0.4 7,211 7.8 1.7 No
45 to 59 10,074 9.3 12,515 10.6 0.4 8,618 9.3 2.0 No
60 or more 9,234 8.6 16,570 14.0 0.5 9,589 10.4 1.9 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.8 (X) 32.7 (X) NA 28.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,975 100.0 118,050 100.0 NA 92,313 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,364 5.9 6,740 5.7 0.3 6,108 6.6 1.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,119 6.6 6,185 5.2 0.3 5,302 5.7 1.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 11,077 10.3 8,515 7.2 0.4 5,278 5.7 1.1 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 12,564 11.6 11,690 9.9 0.4 8,358 9.1 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 17,217 15.9 16,795 14.2 0.5 12,596 13.6 2.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 15,772 14.6 17,395 14.7 0.5 13,018 14.1 2.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,358 9.6 12,335 10.4 0.4 9,098 9.9 1.7 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 25,244 23.4 34,525 29.2 0.6 29,993 32.5 2.3 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,260 2.1 2,410 2.0 0.2 2,562 2.8 1.3 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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