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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Prince William County, Virginia


Download an Excel file* of this document: prince_william_county_virginia.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 215,686 280,813 x x
Total Persons in Household 211,932 278,424 346,790 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 122,710 150,526 181,441 3,389
Total Workers, Place of Work 69,913 85,795 113,825 5,770
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.57 0.57 0.63 0.05

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 69,913 100.0 85,795 100.0 1,077 113,825 100.0 5,770 Yes
Drove alone 51,016 73.0 64,760 75.5 985 86,317 75.8 5,154 Yes
2-person carpool 7,612 10.9 8,890 10.4 410 10,621 9.3 2,272 No
3-person carpool 1,745 2.5 1,965 2.3 195 2,851 2.5 1,404 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,165 1.7 1,420 1.7 166 2,560 2.2 1,375 No
Public Transportation 476 0.7 730 0.9 119 1,653 1.5 715 Yes
Walked 3,853 5.5 2,375 2.8 214 926 0.8 516 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,094 1.6 1,220 1.4 154 1,021 0.9 498 No
Worked at home 2,952 4.2 4,435 5.2 292 7,876 6.9 1,463 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,961 100.0 81,360 100.0 1,061 105,949 100.0 5,700 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 11,480 17.1 9,885 12.1 431 10,630 10.0 1,833 No
10 to 14 10,957 16.4 12,830 15.8 488 12,779 12.1 1,971 No
15 to 19 11,171 16.7 12,890 15.8 490 14,794 14.0 2,592 No
20 to 24 7,905 11.8 10,555 13.0 445 13,612 12.8 2,099 Yes
25 to 29 2,765 4.1 4,260 5.2 286 5,068 4.8 1,169 No
30 to 34 7,965 11.9 10,445 12.8 443 15,202 14.3 2,404 Yes
35 to 44 4,199 6.3 5,445 6.7 323 7,716 7.3 1,603 Yes
45 to 59 5,299 7.9 7,160 8.8 369 12,553 11.8 2,816 Yes
60 or more 5,220 7.8 7,890 9.7 387 13,595 12.8 2,079 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.4 (X) 26.8 (X) NA 28.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,961 100.0 81,360 100.0 1,061 105,949 100.0 5,700 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,882 5.8 5,340 6.6 319 9,307 8.8 2,180 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,740 7.1 5,725 7.0 331 7,846 7.4 1,663 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,168 12.2 9,100 11.2 414 10,375 9.8 2,053 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,427 15.6 10,860 13.3 451 14,785 14.0 1,794 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,100 13.6 10,810 13.3 450 11,750 11.1 1,817 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,828 11.7 9,160 11.3 416 11,575 10.9 1,962 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,958 7.4 5,785 7.1 332 10,157 9.6 2,264 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,392 24.5 21,735 26.7 625 26,567 25.1 2,878 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,466 2.2 2,335 2.9 212 3,587 3.4 1,243 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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