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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Washington County, Maryland

Download an Excel file* of this document: washington_county_maryland.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 121,393 131,923 x x
Total Persons in Household 113,345 122,503 132,574 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 56,103 60,597 64,735 2,384
Total Workers, Place of Work 56,398 64,670 68,850 3,398
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.01 1.07 1.06 0.08

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 56,398 100.0 64,670 100.0 NA 68,850 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 44,382 78.7 53,440 82.6 0.6 56,803 82.5 3.5 No
2-person carpool 5,748 10.2 5,680 8.8 0.5 5,606 8.1 1.7 No
3-person carpool 933 1.7 795 1.2 0.2 838 1.2 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 603 1.1 395 0.6 0.1 725 1.1 0.6 No
Public Transportation 438 0.8 305 0.5 0.1 554 0.8 0.7 No
Walked 1,881 3.3 1,265 2.0 0.2 1,270 1.8 1.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 741 1.3 770 1.2 0.2 1,212 1.8 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,672 3.0 2,010 3.1 0.3 1,842 2.7 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 54,726 100.0 62,660 100.0 NA 67,008 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,501 17.4 8,390 13.4 0.6 9,627 14.4 3.8 No
10 to 14 10,434 19.1 10,410 16.6 0.6 11,097 16.6 2.7 No
15 to 19 11,043 20.2 12,815 20.5 0.7 11,227 16.8 2.2 Yes
20 to 24 9,130 16.7 10,340 16.5 0.6 11,790 17.6 2.5 No
25 to 29 2,951 5.4 4,000 6.4 0.4 5,857 8.7 2.1 Yes
30 to 34 5,383 9.8 6,825 10.9 0.5 6,189 9.2 1.9 No
35 to 44 2,208 4.0 3,200 5.1 0.4 4,330 6.5 1.9 No
45 to 59 2,309 4.2 3,245 5.2 0.4 2,692 4.0 1.1 No
60 or more 1,767 3.2 3,435 5.5 0.4 4,199 6.3 1.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.2 (X) 22.9 (X) NA 22.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 54,726 100.0 62,660 100.0 NA 67,008 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,916 5.3 4,250 6.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,647 6.7 3,975 6.3 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,706 14.1 7,335 11.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,089 14.8 7,800 12.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 8,793 16.1 9,715 15.5 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,329 11.6 7,090 11.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,123 5.7 2,935 4.7 0.3 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,813 23.4 16,310 26.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,310 2.4 2,485 4.0 0.3 NA NA NA NA

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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