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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Travis County, Texas

Download an Excel file* of this document: travis_county_texas.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 576,407 812,280 x x
Total Persons in Household 557,101 791,574 866,349 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 302,909 433,064 446,020 7,507
Total Workers, Place of Work 358,461 523,210 536,220 10,329
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.18 1.21 1.20 0.04

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 358,461 100.0 523,210 100.0 NA 536,220 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 270,676 75.5 400,620 76.6 0.3 412,398 76.9 1.3 No
2-person carpool 42,187 11.8 53,585 10.2 0.2 44,986 8.4 1.0 Yes
3-person carpool 6,102 1.7 10,315 2.0 0.1 7,939 1.5 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,422 1.0 8,595 1.6 0.1 7,637 1.4 0.4 No
Public Transportation 12,668 3.5 15,650 3.0 0.1 19,022 3.5 0.7 No
Walked 8,919 2.5 9,900 1.9 0.1 7,467 1.4 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,669 1.6 8,740 1.7 0.1 12,936 2.4 0.5 Yes
Worked at home 8,818 2.5 15,795 3.0 0.1 23,835 4.4 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 349,643 100.0 507,415 100.0 NA 512,385 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 38,841 11.1 44,105 8.7 0.2 48,673 9.5 0.8 Yes
10 to 14 51,024 14.6 61,975 12.2 0.2 57,072 11.1 1.1 No
15 to 19 68,948 19.7 81,970 16.2 0.2 76,257 14.9 1.0 Yes
20 to 24 61,837 17.7 81,545 16.1 0.2 86,133 16.8 1.0 No
25 to 29 22,043 6.3 32,425 6.4 0.2 31,855 6.2 0.6 No
30 to 34 52,854 15.1 84,400 16.6 0.2 84,275 16.4 1.1 No
35 to 44 17,901 5.1 35,005 6.9 0.2 38,186 7.5 0.7 No
45 to 59 21,197 6.1 45,610 9.0 0.2 51,722 10.1 0.8 Yes
60 or more 14,998 4.3 40,375 8.0 0.2 38,212 7.5 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 27.4 (X) NA 25.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 349,643 100.0 507,415 100.0 NA 512,385 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,751 2.5 19,465 3.8 0.1 21,994 4.3 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,450 3.6 23,615 4.7 0.1 27,367 5.3 0.6 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 29,868 8.5 45,025 8.9 0.2 40,798 8.0 0.7 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 52,081 14.9 67,760 13.4 0.2 72,385 14.1 1.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 72,762 20.8 88,755 17.5 0.3 79,113 15.4 0.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 55,456 15.9 78,445 15.5 0.2 76,969 15.0 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 27,724 7.9 39,400 7.8 0.2 51,359 10.0 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 85,480 24.4 128,020 25.2 0.3 132,352 25.8 1.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,071 1.5 9,000 1.8 0.1 10,048 2.0 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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