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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Washington County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: washington_county_pennsylvania.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 204,584 202,897 x x
Total Persons in Household 199,394 197,556 200,938 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 81,862 89,534 95,248 2,593
Total Workers, Place of Work 67,965 74,630 82,657 3,448
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.83 0.83 0.87 0.05

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 67,965 100.0 74,630 100.0 NA 82,657 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 53,349 78.5 61,615 82.6 0.5 71,329 86.3 1.6 Yes
2-person carpool 7,050 10.4 6,075 8.1 0.4 4,348 5.3 1.2 Yes
3-person carpool 1,001 1.5 745 1.0 0.1 849 1.0 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 245 0.4 345 0.5 0.1 103 0.1 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 257 0.4 324 0.4 0.1 155 0.2 0.2 Yes
Walked 3,626 5.3 2,790 3.7 0.3 1,982 2.4 0.8 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 544 0.8 475 0.6 0.1 490 0.6 0.4 No
Worked at home 1,893 2.8 2,265 3.0 0.2 3,401 4.1 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,072 100.0 72,365 100.0 NA 79,256 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,976 21.2 14,035 19.4 0.5 13,763 17.4 2.0 No
10 to 14 13,362 20.2 12,400 17.1 0.5 11,823 14.9 2.0 Yes
15 to 19 10,690 16.2 10,635 14.7 0.5 11,662 14.7 2.2 No
20 to 24 8,273 12.5 9,390 13.0 0.5 10,944 13.8 2.0 No
25 to 29 3,675 5.6 4,640 6.4 0.3 4,862 6.1 1.3 No
30 to 34 6,528 9.9 7,615 10.5 0.4 9,852 12.4 2.1 No
35 to 44 3,335 5.0 4,525 6.3 0.3 5,149 6.5 1.3 No
45 to 59 3,607 5.5 4,860 6.7 0.3 6,671 8.4 1.3 Yes
60 or more 2,626 4.0 4,265 5.9 0.3 4,530 5.7 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 22.8 (X) NA 22.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,072 100.0 72,365 100.0 NA 79,256 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,367 3.6 3,105 4.3 0.3 4,583 5.8 1.3 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,156 4.8 4,020 5.6 0.3 4,560 5.8 1.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,757 11.7 8,560 11.8 0.4 11,300 14.3 2.1 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,100 12.3 8,580 11.9 0.4 9,481 12.0 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,666 17.7 12,090 16.7 0.5 11,217 14.2 1.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,336 12.6 8,650 12.0 0.4 9,638 12.2 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,417 8.2 4,795 6.6 0.3 7,628 9.6 1.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,113 27.4 20,075 27.7 0.6 18,954 23.9 2.1 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,160 1.8 1,550 2.1 0.2 1,895 2.4 0.8 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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