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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Syracuse city, New York

Download an Excel file* of this document: syracuse_city_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 163,860 147,306 x x
Total Persons in Household 151,079 136,317 132,495 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 68,443 59,041 54,348 3,959
Total Workers, Place of Work 112,770 99,070 94,824 4,560
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.65 1.68 1.74 0.14

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 112,770 100.0 99,070 100.0 NA 94,824 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 78,882 69.9 76,005 76.7 0.6 75,376 79.5 1.7 Yes
2-person carpool 13,310 11.8 9,565 9.7 0.4 8,836 9.3 1.7 No
3-person carpool 1,803 1.6 1,010 1.0 0.2 922 1.0 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 575 0.5 730 0.7 0.1 705 0.7 0.4 No
Public Transportation 8,111 7.2 3,974 4.0 0.3 3,620 3.8 1.2 No
Walked 7,756 6.9 5,660 5.7 0.4 3,690 3.9 1.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 948 0.8 930 0.9 0.1 863 0.9 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,385 1.2 1,205 1.2 0.2 812 0.9 0.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 111,385 100.0 97,865 100.0 NA 94,012 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,176 10.9 11,705 12.0 0.5 10,099 10.7 2.1 No
10 to 14 19,533 17.5 18,200 18.6 0.6 17,227 18.3 2.1 No
15 to 19 25,154 22.6 21,220 21.7 0.6 21,897 23.3 2.3 No
20 to 24 21,245 19.1 18,205 18.6 0.6 19,114 20.3 1.7 No
25 to 29 6,975 6.3 5,965 6.1 0.4 6,195 6.6 1.3 No
30 to 34 12,480 11.2 9,320 9.5 0.4 7,616 8.1 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 4,739 4.3 4,105 4.2 0.3 4,104 4.4 0.9 No
45 to 59 5,436 4.9 4,680 4.8 0.3 4,388 4.7 0.9 No
60 or more 3,647 3.3 4,465 4.6 0.3 3,372 3.6 0.8 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.7 (X) 21.9 (X) NA 21.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 111,385 100.0 97,865 100.0 NA 94,012 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,955 2.7 3,390 3.5 0.3 3,036 3.2 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,552 4.1 3,810 3.9 0.3 4,888 5.2 1.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 11,244 10.1 9,565 9.8 0.5 8,610 9.2 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,821 13.3 11,525 11.8 0.5 13,295 14.1 2.0 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 21,055 18.9 17,985 18.4 0.6 17,746 18.9 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,126 18.1 15,855 16.2 0.6 15,660 16.7 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,467 9.4 7,190 7.3 0.4 8,010 8.5 1.4 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 24,766 22.2 24,830 25.4 0.7 21,220 22.6 2.1 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,399 1.3 1,690 1.7 0.2 1,547 1.6 0.5 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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