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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Rochester city, New York


Download an Excel file* of this document: rochester_city_new_york.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 231,636 219,773 x x
Total Persons in Household 221,736 210,351 189,312 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 99,620 89,467 78,089 5,860
Total Workers, Place of Work 197,146 167,060 157,448 6,456
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.98 1.87 2.02 0.15

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 197,146 100.0 167,060 100.0 957 157,448 100.0 6,456 Yes
Drove alone 148,640 75.4 136,030 81.4 1,089 133,388 84.7 6,236 No
2-person carpool 22,129 11.2 13,440 8.0 537 11,575 7.4 2,043 No
3-person carpool 2,466 1.3 1,190 0.7 165 916 0.6 443 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,049 0.5 715 0.4 128 709 0.5 353 No
Public Transportation 11,539 5.9 6,455 3.9 379 4,213 2.7 1,038 Yes
Walked 7,982 4.0 5,840 3.5 361 2,924 1.9 821 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,571 0.8 1,345 0.8 175 2,226 1.4 918 No
Worked at home 1,770 0.9 2,050 1.2 215 1,497 1.0 534 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 195,376 100.0 165,010 100.0 970 155,951 100.0 6,452 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 18,546 9.5 15,910 9.6 581 15,534 10.0 2,009 No
10 to 14 29,688 15.2 26,135 15.8 726 26,150 16.8 3,251 No
15 to 19 40,458 20.7 33,040 20.0 801 30,220 19.4 3,295 No
20 to 24 39,508 20.2 34,395 20.8 814 32,427 20.8 2,844 No
25 to 29 15,111 7.7 12,890 7.8 527 14,706 9.4 2,233 No
30 to 34 24,466 12.5 18,240 11.1 618 16,751 10.7 2,079 No
35 to 44 9,993 5.1 8,550 5.2 433 7,480 4.8 1,128 No
45 to 59 10,117 5.2 8,010 4.9 420 6,577 4.2 1,023 Yes
60 or more 7,489 3.8 7,835 4.7 416 6,106 3.9 1,132 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.0 (X) 23.0 (X) NA 21.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 195,376 100.0 165,010 100.0 970 155,951 100.0 6,452 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,253 4.2 10,535 6.4 479 7,712 4.9 1,391 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 12,400 6.3 11,035 6.7 490 9,286 6.0 1,491 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 25,768 13.2 18,050 10.9 615 18,986 12.2 2,016 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 29,013 14.8 22,635 13.7 681 19,892 12.8 2,848 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 33,757 17.3 28,150 17.1 749 26,240 16.8 2,848 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 27,715 14.2 22,295 13.5 677 22,999 14.7 2,580 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 15,697 8.0 11,010 6.7 489 12,582 8.1 1,806 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 40,182 20.6 35,015 21.2 820 34,767 22.3 3,093 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,591 1.3 3,780 2.3 291 3,487 2.2 735 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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