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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Stamford city, Connecticut

Download an Excel file* of this document: stamford_city_connecticut.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 108,056 117,083 x x
Total Persons in Household 106,628 115,330 118,568 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 59,125 59,868 58,958 5,396
Total Workers, Place of Work 78,754 81,080 81,279 5,626
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.33 1.35 1.38 0.23

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 78,754 100.0 81,080 100.0 NA 81,279 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 60,791 77.2 62,000 76.5 0.7 64,050 78.8 3.7 No
2-person carpool 7,318 9.3 6,055 7.5 0.4 4,016 4.9 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 1,057 1.3 1,080 1.3 0.2 1,081 1.3 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 626 0.8 710 0.9 0.1 575 0.7 0.6 No
Public Transportation 3,647 4.6 5,850 7.2 0.4 6,731 8.3 1.8 No
Walked 2,645 3.4 2,170 2.7 0.3 1,723 2.1 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 805 1.0 915 1.1 0.2 1,089 1.3 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,865 2.4 2,295 2.8 0.3 2,014 2.5 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 76,889 100.0 78,785 100.0 NA 79,265 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,728 11.4 8,100 10.3 0.5 7,351 9.3 2.1 No
10 to 14 13,427 17.5 11,295 14.3 0.6 10,077 12.7 1.9 No
15 to 19 13,593 17.7 10,650 13.5 0.5 11,018 13.9 2.2 No
20 to 24 9,469 12.3 8,925 11.3 0.5 11,491 14.5 3.0 Yes
25 to 29 3,510 4.6 3,190 4.0 0.3 2,911 3.7 0.9 No
30 to 34 8,632 11.2 9,050 11.5 0.5 8,044 10.1 2.2 No
35 to 44 5,297 6.9 6,015 7.6 0.4 6,464 8.2 1.7 No
45 to 59 7,345 9.6 8,845 11.2 0.5 7,955 10.0 1.7 No
60 or more 6,888 9.0 12,710 16.1 0.6 13,954 17.6 2.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.3 (X) 31.8 (X) NA 31.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 76,889 100.0 78,785 100.0 NA 79,265 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,551 2.0 2,075 2.6 0.3 1,142 1.4 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,376 3.1 2,865 3.6 0.3 4,590 5.8 1.5 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,718 7.4 6,045 7.7 0.4 7,641 9.6 1.8 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,804 11.5 9,300 11.8 0.5 10,053 12.7 2.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,664 17.8 13,405 17.0 0.6 11,684 14.7 2.4 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 16,940 22.0 15,775 20.0 0.6 13,440 17.0 2.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 11,877 15.4 9,325 11.8 0.5 12,916 16.3 2.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,378 20.0 16,945 21.5 0.6 17,036 21.5 2.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 581 0.8 960 1.2 0.2 763 1.0 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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