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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Silver Spring CDP, Maryland


Download an Excel file* of this document: silver_spring_cdp_maryland.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 76,046 76,540 x x
Total Persons in Household 75,474 75,843 73,624 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 43,599 40,668 41,487 3,517
Total Workers, Place of Work 40,992 31,215 41,150 3,755
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.94 0.77 0.99 0.21

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 40,992 100.0 31,215 100.0 650 41,150 100.0 3,755 Yes
Drove alone 26,410 64.4 19,820 63.5 580 25,847 62.8 2,985 Yes
2-person carpool 4,426 10.8 3,100 9.9 261 2,780 6.8 1,036 No
3-person carpool 703 1.7 630 2.0 120 749 1.8 580 No
4-or-more-person carpool 536 1.3 380 1.2 93 0 0.0 268 Yes
Public Transportation 5,235 12.8 4,370 14.0 307 8,792 21.4 1,965 Yes
Walked 1,496 3.6 1,005 3.2 151 940 2.3 540 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 557 1.4 375 1.2 92 490 1.2 280 No
Worked at home 1,629 4.0 1,545 4.9 186 1,552 3.8 618 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 39,363 100.0 29,670 100.0 645 39,598 100.0 3,662 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 3,037 7.7 1,710 5.8 196 1,878 4.7 700 No
10 to 14 3,872 9.8 2,265 7.6 224 2,524 6.4 972 No
15 to 19 5,634 14.3 3,375 11.4 272 4,265 10.8 1,425 No
20 to 24 5,853 14.9 3,275 11.0 268 5,150 13.0 1,781 Yes
25 to 29 2,798 7.1 1,600 5.4 189 1,568 4.0 587 No
30 to 34 6,708 17.0 5,185 17.5 332 7,313 18.5 1,709 Yes
35 to 44 3,352 8.5 3,030 10.2 258 2,830 7.1 885 No
45 to 59 4,375 11.1 4,445 15.0 309 5,752 14.5 1,216 Yes
60 or more 3,734 9.5 4,790 16.1 320 8,318 21.0 2,289 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 28.2 (X) 35.3 (X) NA 35.0 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 39,363 100.0 29,670 100.0 645 39,598 100.0 3,662 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,378 3.5 1,010 3.4 151 2,322 5.9 1,001 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,659 4.2 1,540 5.2 186 3,870 9.8 1,774 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,576 9.1 2,250 7.6 223 2,216 5.6 685 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,679 11.9 3,000 10.1 257 3,827 9.7 1,106 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,170 15.7 4,265 14.4 303 5,100 12.9 1,199 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,657 16.9 5,010 16.9 327 5,795 14.6 1,738 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,088 12.9 3,700 12.5 284 4,815 12.2 1,502 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 9,625 24.5 7,905 26.6 403 11,128 28.1 2,178 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 531 1.3 525 1.8 109 525 1.3 318 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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