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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Torrance city, California

Download an Excel file* of this document: torrance_city_california.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 3,191 137,946 x x
Total Persons in Household 3,191 136,697 138,618 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 1,785 66,569 66,640 5,426
Total Workers, Place of Work 68 99,000 110,193 5,889
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.04 1.49 1.65 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 68 100.0 99,000 100.0 NA 110,193 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 8 11.8 76,150 76.9 0.6 89,009 80.8 2.4 Yes
2-person carpool 0 0.0 10,730 10.8 0.5 10,362 9.4 1.7 No
3-person carpool 0 0.0 2,480 2.5 0.2 1,206 1.1 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 0 0.0 1,435 1.4 0.2 1,290 1.2 0.5 No
Public Transportation 0 0.0 2,939 3.0 0.3 3,134 2.8 0.8 No
Walked 0 0.0 1,415 1.4 0.2 1,265 1.1 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 0 0.0 1,525 1.5 0.2 2,009 1.8 0.7 No
Worked at home 60 88.2 2,320 2.3 0.2 1,918 1.7 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 8 100.0 96,680 100.0 NA 108,275 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 0 0.0 7,975 8.2 0.4 9,569 8.8 2.0 No
10 to 14 0 0.0 13,405 13.9 0.5 11,946 11.0 1.9 Yes
15 to 19 0 0.0 16,895 17.5 0.6 19,523 18.0 2.8 No
20 to 24 0 0.0 14,830 15.3 0.6 17,482 16.1 2.6 No
25 to 29 0 0.0 5,300 5.5 0.4 8,398 7.8 1.6 Yes
30 to 34 0 0.0 14,000 14.5 0.5 15,199 14.0 1.9 No
35 to 44 8 100.0 6,120 6.3 0.4 7,628 7.0 2.2 No
45 to 59 0 0.0 7,830 8.1 0.4 8,454 7.8 1.4 No
60 or more 0 0.0 10,320 10.7 0.5 10,076 9.3 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 40.0 (X) 28.0 (X) NA 27.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 8 100.0 96,680 100.0 NA 108,275 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 0 0.0 6,145 6.4 0.4 7,795 7.2 1.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 0 0.0 4,840 5.0 0.3 6,509 6.0 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 0 0.0 8,090 8.4 0.4 9,542 8.8 1.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 0 0.0 10,535 10.9 0.5 10,076 9.3 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 0 0.0 13,880 14.4 0.5 16,442 15.2 2.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 0 0.0 13,870 14.3 0.5 13,617 12.6 1.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 0 0.0 8,350 8.6 0.4 10,504 9.7 1.9 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 8 100.0 26,900 27.8 0.7 29,969 27.7 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 0 0.0 2,765 2.9 0.3 3,821 3.5 1.3 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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