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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: San Antonio city, Texas


Download an Excel file* of this document: san_antonio_city_texas.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 935,927 1,144,646 x x
Total Persons in Household 915,183 1,121,466 1,202,223 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 395,551 491,435 527,381 9,551
Total Workers, Place of Work 477,138 559,810 602,497 9,643
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.21 1.14 1.14 0.04

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 477,138 100.0 559,810 100.0 2,557 602,497 100.0 9,643 Yes
Drove alone 357,981 75.0 430,880 77.0 2,479 485,687 80.6 9,514 Yes
2-person carpool 58,394 12.2 63,960 11.4 1,175 52,361 8.7 5,418 Yes
3-person carpool 8,839 1.9 11,750 2.1 516 10,402 1.7 2,446 No
4-or-more-person carpool 5,703 1.2 7,705 1.4 418 5,119 0.8 1,340 Yes
Public Transportation 19,547 4.1 17,940 3.2 635 15,954 2.6 3,370 No
Walked 13,682 2.9 11,035 2.0 500 8,269 1.4 1,936 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,284 1.1 5,865 1.0 365 8,455 1.4 1,693 Yes
Worked at home 7,708 1.6 10,675 1.9 492 16,250 2.7 2,805 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 469,430 100.0 549,135 100.0 2,556 586,247 100.0 9,440 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 46,558 9.9 49,135 8.9 1,037 56,310 9.6 5,182 Yes
10 to 14 59,890 12.8 67,165 12.2 1,202 71,822 12.3 4,916 No
15 to 19 87,908 18.7 95,335 17.4 1,414 98,158 16.7 5,557 No
20 to 24 89,140 19.0 102,015 18.6 1,458 102,652 17.5 6,161 No
25 to 29 37,226 7.9 41,345 7.5 955 46,299 7.9 3,825 Yes
30 to 34 80,704 17.2 98,565 17.9 1,435 100,153 17.1 6,740 No
35 to 44 22,548 4.8 31,010 5.6 831 38,209 6.5 3,614 Yes
45 to 59 25,569 5.4 36,000 6.6 893 42,319 7.2 3,779 Yes
60 or more 19,887 4.2 28,560 5.2 798 30,325 5.2 3,999 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.0 (X) 25.3 (X) NA 24.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 469,430 100.0 549,135 100.0 2,556 586,247 100.0 9,440 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,248 3.7 23,790 4.3 730 28,972 4.9 3,746 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 24,669 5.3 29,950 5.5 817 34,203 5.8 3,761 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 49,650 10.6 55,450 10.1 1,098 61,772 10.5 4,617 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 76,858 16.4 81,565 14.9 1,316 81,624 13.9 5,443 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 91,941 19.6 101,270 18.4 1,453 95,310 16.3 6,058 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 60,831 13.0 73,085 13.3 1,251 80,640 13.8 5,235 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 30,524 6.5 29,275 5.3 808 41,086 7.0 3,832 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 107,048 22.8 131,950 24.0 1,634 146,710 25.0 6,601 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 10,661 2.3 14,760 2.7 577 15,930 2.7 2,426 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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