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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Santa Monica city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: santa_monica_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 86,905 84,084 x x
Total Persons in Household 84,335 81,568 82,777 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 49,372 45,933 43,225 3,269
Total Workers, Place of Work 82,081 88,520 93,403 5,711
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.66 1.93 2.16 0.20

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 82,081 100.0 88,520 100.0 NA 93,403 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 57,074 69.5 63,925 72.2 0.7 69,054 73.9 3.7 No
2-person carpool 8,547 10.4 8,420 9.5 0.5 6,396 6.8 1.2 Yes
3-person carpool 1,385 1.7 1,665 1.9 0.2 974 1.0 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 820 1.0 740 0.8 0.1 497 0.5 0.3 No
Public Transportation 6,890 8.4 6,330 7.2 0.4 7,446 8.0 2.0 No
Walked 2,749 3.3 2,195 2.5 0.2 2,001 2.1 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,651 2.0 1,590 1.8 0.2 2,683 2.9 1.3 No
Worked at home 2,965 3.6 3,660 4.1 0.3 4,352 4.7 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,116 100.0 84,860 100.0 NA 89,051 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,253 10.4 6,615 7.8 0.4 6,084 6.8 1.4 No
10 to 14 10,213 12.9 9,620 11.3 0.5 9,952 11.2 2.5 No
15 to 19 11,205 14.2 10,220 12.0 0.5 9,553 10.7 2.1 No
20 to 24 9,179 11.6 10,475 12.3 0.5 8,821 9.9 1.7 Yes
25 to 29 3,169 4.0 3,880 4.6 0.3 4,201 4.7 1.4 No
30 to 34 11,959 15.1 11,880 14.0 0.6 12,643 14.2 2.4 No
35 to 44 5,490 6.9 6,565 7.7 0.4 8,106 9.1 1.5 No
45 to 59 9,054 11.4 10,130 11.9 0.5 10,988 12.3 1.7 No
60 or more 10,594 13.4 15,475 18.2 0.6 18,703 21.0 3.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 29.2 (X) 34.2 (X) NA 33.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,116 100.0 84,860 100.0 NA 89,051 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,824 3.6 3,100 3.7 0.3 4,168 4.7 1.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,649 4.6 3,395 4.0 0.3 4,073 4.6 2.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,270 7.9 5,620 6.6 0.4 5,813 6.5 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,283 10.5 7,860 9.3 0.5 8,173 9.2 2.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,886 15.0 11,050 13.0 0.6 9,546 10.7 1.7 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 11,848 15.0 11,955 14.1 0.6 10,804 12.1 2.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,343 13.1 10,440 12.3 0.5 9,605 10.8 2.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 22,866 28.9 30,100 35.5 0.8 35,510 39.9 3.2 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,147 1.4 1,580 1.9 0.2 1,359 1.5 0.8 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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