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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: York County, Pennsylvania


Download an Excel file* of this document: york_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 339,574 381,751 x x
Total Persons in Household 334,565 373,749 400,670 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 174,782 193,126 202,679 3,583
Total Workers, Place of Work 157,684 169,370 174,901 5,315
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.90 0.88 0.86 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 157,684 100.0 169,370 100.0 1,129 174,901 100.0 5,315 Yes
Drove alone 127,173 80.7 142,155 83.9 1,099 147,884 84.6 5,307 Yes
2-person carpool 15,318 9.7 13,220 7.8 416 13,020 7.4 1,867 No
3-person carpool 1,983 1.3 1,500 0.9 142 1,766 1.0 662 No
4-or-more-person carpool 789 0.5 630 0.4 92 958 0.5 515 No
Public Transportation 989 0.6 1,008 0.6 117 1,158 0.7 523 No
Walked 5,538 3.5 4,115 2.4 235 4,000 2.3 985 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,452 0.9 1,565 0.9 145 1,745 1.0 815 No
Worked at home 4,442 2.8 5,170 3.1 263 4,370 2.5 846 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 153,242 100.0 164,200 100.0 1,125 170,531 100.0 5,318 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 28,039 18.3 25,810 15.7 571 28,754 16.9 2,460 Yes
10 to 14 30,372 19.8 29,125 17.7 603 27,724 16.3 2,717 No
15 to 19 30,181 19.7 31,200 19.0 623 33,161 19.4 3,238 No
20 to 24 25,582 16.7 28,335 17.3 596 31,397 18.4 3,085 No
25 to 29 9,461 6.2 10,805 6.6 377 11,399 6.7 1,506 No
30 to 34 14,645 9.6 17,055 10.4 470 17,623 10.3 2,264 No
35 to 44 5,638 3.7 7,575 4.6 317 7,082 4.2 1,247 No
45 to 59 5,630 3.7 7,190 4.4 309 8,117 4.8 1,273 No
60 or more 3,694 2.4 7,110 4.3 307 5,274 3.1 1,142 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.4 (X) 21.5 (X) NA 19.8 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 153,242 100.0 164,200 100.0 1,125 170,531 100.0 5,318 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 9,498 6.2 12,385 7.5 403 14,211 8.3 1,950 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 11,248 7.3 11,510 7.0 389 11,781 6.9 1,875 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 24,628 16.1 23,020 14.0 541 24,784 14.5 2,304 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 18,498 12.1 19,125 11.6 496 19,166 11.2 2,056 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 23,245 15.2 25,700 15.7 569 24,756 14.5 2,903 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 16,060 10.5 16,580 10.1 463 16,315 9.6 1,738 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 8,031 5.2 7,745 4.7 320 8,859 5.2 1,362 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 37,975 24.8 40,395 24.6 699 45,886 26.9 3,158 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,059 2.6 5,875 3.6 280 4,773 2.8 966 Yes

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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