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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Saratoga County, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: saratoga_county_new_york.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 181,276 200,635 x x
Total Persons in Household 177,151 196,326 210,554 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 90,564 101,950 104,948 2,730
Total Workers, Place of Work 54,827 67,495 74,415 3,442
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.61 0.66 0.71 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 54,827 100.0 67,495 100.0 NA 74,415 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 42,578 77.7 54,555 80.8 0.6 61,503 82.6 2.5 No
2-person carpool 5,316 9.7 5,105 7.6 0.4 5,672 7.6 2.0 No
3-person carpool 570 1.0 745 1.1 0.2 864 1.2 1.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 283 0.5 245 0.4 0.1 534 0.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 290 0.5 205 0.3 0.1 47 0.1 0.1 Yes
Walked 2,644 4.8 2,400 3.6 0.3 1,711 2.3 1.0 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 620 1.1 560 0.8 0.1 712 1.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 2,526 4.6 3,680 5.5 0.4 3,372 4.5 1.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 52,301 100.0 63,815 100.0 NA 71,043 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,711 22.4 12,390 19.4 0.6 11,636 16.4 2.3 Yes
10 to 14 9,817 18.8 12,050 18.9 0.6 13,069 18.4 2.4 No
15 to 19 9,369 17.9 10,575 16.6 0.6 10,344 14.6 2.2 No
20 to 24 7,592 14.5 9,395 14.7 0.6 12,657 17.8 2.8 Yes
25 to 29 2,863 5.5 3,795 5.9 0.4 5,802 8.2 1.4 Yes
30 to 34 5,190 9.9 7,035 11.0 0.5 7,884 11.1 1.9 No
35 to 44 2,260 4.3 3,140 4.9 0.3 3,294 4.6 1.2 No
45 to 59 2,049 3.9 2,950 4.6 0.3 3,848 5.4 1.2 No
60 or more 1,450 2.8 2,480 3.9 0.3 2,509 3.5 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.3 (X) 20.8 (X) NA 20.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 52,301 100.0 63,815 100.0 NA 71,043 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,724 3.3 2,645 4.1 0.3 4,125 5.8 1.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,496 4.8 3,080 4.8 0.3 4,308 6.1 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,600 10.7 6,780 10.6 0.5 6,780 9.5 1.7 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,386 12.2 7,565 11.9 0.5 8,454 11.9 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 8,075 15.4 10,245 16.1 0.6 10,242 14.4 2.4 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,012 13.4 8,445 13.2 0.5 7,773 10.9 1.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,805 9.2 4,875 7.6 0.4 6,390 9.0 1.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,347 29.3 18,135 28.4 0.7 20,951 29.5 2.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 856 1.6 1,300 2.0 0.2 2,020 2.8 1.4 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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