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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: schuylkill_county_pennsylvania.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 152,585 150,336 x x
Total Persons in Household 150,202 143,110 139,811 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 63,417 62,702 62,482 1,978
Total Workers, Place of Work 53,202 51,580 53,061 2,771
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.84 0.82 0.85 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 53,202 100.0 51,580 100.0 NA 53,061 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 38,527 72.4 41,190 79.9 0.6 41,107 77.5 1.8 Yes
2-person carpool 6,469 12.2 4,695 9.1 0.5 5,539 10.4 1.9 No
3-person carpool 1,231 2.3 720 1.4 0.2 1,238 2.3 1.2 No
4-or-more-person carpool 625 1.2 425 0.8 0.1 418 0.8 0.6 No
Public Transportation 190 0.4 215 0.4 0.1 90 0.2 0.2 Yes
Walked 4,197 7.9 2,430 4.7 0.3 3,249 6.1 1.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 394 0.7 279 0.5 0.1 209 0.4 0.3 No
Worked at home 1,569 2.9 1,630 3.2 0.3 1,211 2.3 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 51,633 100.0 49,950 100.0 NA 51,850 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,743 26.6 11,330 22.7 0.7 11,334 21.9 2.1 No
10 to 14 10,558 20.4 10,100 20.2 0.7 9,436 18.2 2.4 No
15 to 19 9,755 18.9 8,565 17.1 0.6 8,018 15.5 2.2 No
20 to 24 6,749 13.1 7,105 14.2 0.6 7,972 15.4 2.1 No
25 to 29 2,331 4.5 2,715 5.4 0.4 3,279 6.3 1.5 No
30 to 34 4,213 8.2 4,350 8.7 0.5 4,989 9.6 2.0 No
35 to 44 1,527 3.0 1,815 3.6 0.3 2,491 4.8 1.7 No
45 to 59 1,635 3.2 1,885 3.8 0.3 2,359 4.5 1.3 No
60 or more 1,122 2.2 2,085 4.2 0.3 1,972 3.8 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.5 (X) 19.7 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 51,633 100.0 49,950 100.0 NA 51,850 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,130 6.1 3,580 7.2 0.4 4,066 7.8 1.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,103 6.0 3,280 6.6 0.4 3,213 6.2 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,436 18.3 6,745 13.5 0.6 7,978 15.4 2.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,105 11.8 5,325 10.7 0.5 6,155 11.9 2.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,851 13.3 7,015 14.0 0.6 5,328 10.3 1.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,355 10.4 5,585 11.2 0.5 4,553 8.8 1.3 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,240 6.3 2,940 5.9 0.4 3,112 6.0 1.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 13,175 25.5 13,790 27.6 0.7 16,005 30.9 3.1 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,238 2.4 1,490 3.0 0.3 1,440 2.8 0.9 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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