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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Washington County, Pennsylvania


Download an Excel file* of this document: washington_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 204,584 202,897 x x
Total Persons in Household 199,394 197,556 200,938 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 81,862 89,534 95,248 2,593
Total Workers, Place of Work 67,965 74,630 82,657 3,448
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.83 0.83 0.87 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 67,965 100.0 74,630 100.0 799 82,657 100.0 3,448 Yes
Drove alone 53,349 78.5 61,615 82.6 762 71,329 86.3 3,268 Yes
2-person carpool 7,050 10.4 6,075 8.1 282 4,348 5.3 982 Yes
3-person carpool 1,001 1.5 745 1.0 100 849 1.0 397 No
4-or-more-person carpool 245 0.4 345 0.5 68 103 0.1 125 Yes
Public Transportation 257 0.4 324 0.4 66 155 0.2 149 Yes
Walked 3,626 5.3 2,790 3.7 193 1,982 2.4 626 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 544 0.8 475 0.6 80 490 0.6 331 No
Worked at home 1,893 2.8 2,265 3.0 174 3,401 4.1 938 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,072 100.0 72,365 100.0 794 79,256 100.0 3,538 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 13,976 21.2 14,035 19.4 420 13,763 17.4 1,701 No
10 to 14 13,362 20.2 12,400 17.1 397 11,823 14.9 1,695 No
15 to 19 10,690 16.2 10,635 14.7 369 11,662 14.7 1,803 No
20 to 24 8,273 12.5 9,390 13.0 348 10,944 13.8 1,687 No
25 to 29 3,675 5.6 4,640 6.4 248 4,862 6.1 1,077 No
30 to 34 6,528 9.9 7,615 10.5 315 9,852 12.4 1,687 Yes
35 to 44 3,335 5.0 4,525 6.3 245 5,149 6.5 1,018 No
45 to 59 3,607 5.5 4,860 6.7 253 6,671 8.4 1,087 Yes
60 or more 2,626 4.0 4,265 5.9 238 4,530 5.7 1,158 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 22.8 (X) NA 22.1 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,072 100.0 72,365 100.0 794 79,256 100.0 3,538 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,367 3.6 3,105 4.3 203 4,583 5.8 1,016 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,156 4.8 4,020 5.6 231 4,560 5.8 962 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,757 11.7 8,560 11.8 333 11,300 14.3 1,723 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,100 12.3 8,580 11.9 333 9,481 12.0 1,156 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,666 17.7 12,090 16.7 392 11,217 14.2 1,497 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,336 12.6 8,650 12.0 335 9,638 12.2 1,509 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,417 8.2 4,795 6.6 252 7,628 9.6 1,461 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,113 27.4 20,075 27.7 495 18,954 23.9 1,861 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,160 1.8 1,550 2.1 144 1,895 2.4 643 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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