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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: York County, Pennsylvania

Download an Excel file* of this document: york_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 339,574 381,751 x x
Total Persons in Household 334,565 373,749 400,670 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 174,782 193,126 202,679 3,583
Total Workers, Place of Work 157,684 169,370 174,901 5,315
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.90 0.88 0.86 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 157,684 100.0 169,370 100.0 NA 174,901 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 127,173 80.7 142,155 83.9 0.3 147,884 84.6 1.6 No
2-person carpool 15,318 9.7 13,220 7.8 0.2 13,020 7.4 1.0 No
3-person carpool 1,983 1.3 1,500 0.9 0.1 1,766 1.0 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 789 0.5 630 0.4 0.1 958 0.5 0.3 No
Public Transportation 989 0.6 1,008 0.6 0.1 1,158 0.7 0.3 No
Walked 5,538 3.5 4,115 2.4 0.1 4,000 2.3 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,452 0.9 1,565 0.9 0.1 1,745 1.0 0.5 No
Worked at home 4,442 2.8 5,170 3.1 0.2 4,370 2.5 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 153,242 100.0 164,200 100.0 NA 170,531 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,039 18.3 25,810 15.7 0.3 28,754 16.9 1.3 No
10 to 14 30,372 19.8 29,125 17.7 0.3 27,724 16.3 1.5 No
15 to 19 30,181 19.7 31,200 19.0 0.4 33,161 19.4 1.8 No
20 to 24 25,582 16.7 28,335 17.3 0.3 31,397 18.4 1.7 No
25 to 29 9,461 6.2 10,805 6.6 0.2 11,399 6.7 0.9 No
30 to 34 14,645 9.6 17,055 10.4 0.3 17,623 10.3 1.3 No
35 to 44 5,638 3.7 7,575 4.6 0.2 7,082 4.2 0.7 No
45 to 59 5,630 3.7 7,190 4.4 0.2 8,117 4.8 0.7 No
60 or more 3,694 2.4 7,110 4.3 0.2 5,274 3.1 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.4 (X) 21.5 (X) NA 19.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 153,242 100.0 164,200 100.0 NA 170,531 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 9,498 6.2 12,385 7.5 0.2 14,211 8.3 1.1 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 11,248 7.3 11,510 7.0 0.2 11,781 6.9 1.1 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 24,628 16.1 23,020 14.0 0.3 24,784 14.5 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 18,498 12.1 19,125 11.6 0.3 19,166 11.2 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 23,245 15.2 25,700 15.7 0.3 24,756 14.5 1.6 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 16,060 10.5 16,580 10.1 0.3 16,315 9.6 1.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,031 5.2 7,745 4.7 0.2 8,859 5.2 0.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 37,975 24.8 40,395 24.6 0.4 45,886 26.9 1.7 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,059 2.6 5,875 3.6 0.2 4,773 2.8 0.6 Yes

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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