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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Snohomish County, Washington

Download an Excel file* of this document: snohomish_county_washington.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 465,642 606,024 x x
Total Persons in Household 460,080 596,912 646,299 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 231,967 299,861 317,419 5,049
Total Workers, Place of Work 179,864 234,255 244,258 6,912
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.78 0.78 0.77 0.03

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 179,864 100.0 234,255 100.0 NA 244,258 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 143,154 79.6 179,805 76.8 0.4 191,905 78.6 1.4 Yes
2-person carpool 16,786 9.3 23,455 10.0 0.3 22,587 9.2 1.4 No
3-person carpool 2,307 1.3 3,945 1.7 0.1 3,109 1.3 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,322 0.7 3,020 1.3 0.1 2,942 1.2 0.3 No
Public Transportation 2,578 1.4 4,225 1.8 0.1 3,573 1.5 0.4 No
Walked 4,285 2.4 5,530 2.4 0.1 4,158 1.7 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,987 1.1 2,285 1.0 0.1 3,420 1.4 0.4 Yes
Worked at home 7,445 4.1 11,995 5.1 0.2 12,564 5.1 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 172,419 100.0 222,260 100.0 NA 231,694 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 25,212 14.6 29,730 13.4 0.3 34,246 14.8 1.4 No
10 to 14 26,961 15.6 32,125 14.5 0.4 34,815 15.0 1.3 No
15 to 19 30,466 17.7 34,090 15.3 0.4 31,293 13.5 1.3 Yes
20 to 24 28,936 16.8 34,840 15.7 0.4 33,473 14.4 1.3 No
25 to 29 12,033 7.0 14,850 6.7 0.3 14,915 6.4 0.7 No
30 to 34 22,448 13.0 29,845 13.4 0.3 31,763 13.7 1.1 No
35 to 44 10,102 5.9 13,745 6.2 0.2 18,087 7.8 1.1 Yes
45 to 59 8,875 5.1 16,005 7.2 0.3 17,003 7.3 0.9 No
60 or more 7,386 4.3 17,025 7.7 0.3 16,099 6.9 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 25.5 (X) NA 23.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 172,419 100.0 222,260 100.0 NA 231,694 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 13,783 8.0 20,520 9.2 0.3 20,944 9.0 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,115 7.0 15,575 7.0 0.3 19,210 8.3 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 19,268 11.2 23,805 10.7 0.3 24,098 10.4 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 22,086 12.8 25,230 11.4 0.3 28,582 12.3 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,163 15.2 30,650 13.8 0.3 28,780 12.4 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 18,594 10.8 23,005 10.4 0.3 22,138 9.6 0.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 11,674 6.8 13,600 6.1 0.2 15,255 6.6 0.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 43,961 25.5 59,025 26.6 0.4 63,384 27.4 1.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,775 2.8 9,370 4.2 0.2 9,303 4.0 0.6 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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