2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile¹

Estimated Counts and Margins of Error

Geographic Area: Worcester County, Massachusetts

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TABLE 3. SELECTED HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1	2000	2005 ACS
Total Persons in Household	725,791	759,409
Total Households	284,220	284,040
Average Household Size	2.55	2.67
Average Vehicles per Household	1.64	1.76

TABLE 4. MODE TO WORK by VEHICLES AVAILABLE

2005	All Households		0 Vehicle Households		1 Vehicle Households		2 Vehicle Households		3+ Vehicle Households
2005	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²
Total Workers	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA
Drove alone	84.4	1.2	38.5	11.1	83.5	1.1	85.6	2.1	85.7	2.9
Carpooled	7.9	0.7	15.0	8.8	7.6	1.7	7.5	1.1	8.5	1.5
Public Transportation⁴	1.7	0.5	17.0	10.9	3.4	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.6	0.3
All other Means⁵	2.7	0.5	29.5	14.6	3.3	1.3	1.9	0.5	2.1	0.7
Worked at home	3.3	0.6	0.0	4.3	2.2	0.8	3.8	0.8	3.2	0.9
2000
Total Workers	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA
Drove alone	83.3	0.3	49.0	2.2	76.5	0.7	86.6	0.4	87.5	0.5
Carpooled	9.3	0.2	16.3	1.6	13.6	0.6	7.9	0.3	7.4	0.4
Public Transportation	1.5	0.1	11.0	1.4	2.0	0.2	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.1
All other Means	3.2	0.1	22.1	1.8	5.4	0.4	1.6	0.1	1.9	0.2
Worked at home	2.7	0.1	1.7	0.6	2.4	0.3	3.0	0.2	2.5	0.3

TABLE 5. VEHICLES AVAILABLE in HOUSEHOLDS

	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²
	2000		2005
Total Households	100.0	NA	100.0	NA
0 Vehicle Households	9.7	0.2	7.7	0.9
1 Vehicle Households	35.4	0.4	33.2	1.2
2 Vehicle Households	41.0	0.4	41.3	1.3
3+ Vehicle Households	13.9	0.3	17.8	1.1

TABLE 6. HOUSEHOLD SIZE by VEHICLES AVAILABLE

2005	All Households		0 Vehicle Households		1 Vehicle Households		2 Vehicle Households		3+ Vehicle Households
2005	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²
Total Households	100.0	NA	7.7	0.9	33.2	1.2	41.3	1.3	17.8	1.1
1 Person household	100.0	NA	19.7	2.6	71.6	2.0	7.4	1.5	1.3	0.6
2 Person household	100.0	NA	4.6	1.5	24.8	1.9	58.6	2.0	12.0	1.8
3 Person household	100.0	NA	2.1	1.1	18.2	2.9	48.9	4.0	30.7	3.1
4+ Person household	100.0	NA	2.0	0.8	11.8	2.2	51.8	3.0	34.4	3.0
2000
Total Households	100.0	NA	9.7	0.2	35.4	0.4	41.0	0.4	13.9	0.3
1 Person household	100.0	NA	22.2	0.7	68.4	0.8	7.4	0.4	1.9	0.2
2 Person household	100.0	NA	5.9	0.3	30.8	0.7	54.9	0.7	8.4	0.4
3 Person household	100.0	NA	5.3	0.5	22.6	0.8	47.5	1.0	24.6	0.9
4+ Person household	100.0	NA	4.3	0.3	15.7	0.6	54.0	0.8	26.0	0.7

TABLE 7. VEHICLES AVAILABLE by WORKERS IN HOUSEHOLD

2005	All Households		No Workers		1 Worker		2 Workers		3+ Workers
2005	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²
Total Households	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA
0 Vehicle Households	7.7	0.9	22.4	2.5	3.8	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.4
1 Vehicle Households	33.2	1.2	51.8	2.5	49.1	2.7	6.5	1.4	3.8	2.3
2 Vehicle Households	41.3	1.3	22.6	1.8	37.0	2.0	67.5	3.0	18.1	4.8
3+ Vehicle Households	17.8	1.1	3.2	0.8	10.2	1.4	25.0	2.3	76.7	4.5
2000
Total Households	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA	100.0	NA
0 Vehicle Households	9.7	0.2	25.2	0.7	7.1	0.4	2.3	0.2	1.1	0.3
1 Vehicle Households	35.4	0.4	53.6	0.8	49.4	0.7	12.8	0.5	7.6	0.8
2 Vehicle Households	41.0	0.4	18.0	0.6	35.9	0.7	67.3	0.7	26.3	1.3
3+ Vehicle Households	13.9	0.3	3.1	0.3	7.5	0.4	17.6	0.6	65.0	1.5

TABLE 8. PERSONS IN HOUSEHOLD by WORKERS IN HOUSEHOLD

2005	All Households		No Workers		1 Worker		2 Workers		3+ Workers
2005	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²	Number	MOE²
Total Households	100.0	NA	26.6	1.3	34.8	1.6	31.2	1.1	7.3	0.8
1 Person household	100.0	NA	52.9	3.4	47.1	3.1	x	x	x	x
2 Person household	100.0	NA	27.5	1.4	31.0	2.4	41.5	2.7	x	x
3 Person household	100.0	NA	11.8	2.7	31.3	3.4	44.4	3.7	12.5	2.1
4+ Person household	100.0	NA	7.0	1.5	28.3	2.7	43.7	2.2	21.0	2.6
2000
Total Households	100.0	NA	25.2	0.4	34.6	0.4	32.8	0.4	7.4	0.2
1 Person household	100.0	NA	51.8	0.8	48.1	0.8	x	x	x	x
2 Person household	100.0	NA	26.4	0.7	30.4	0.7	43.2	0.7	x	x
3 Person household	100.0	NA	9.8	0.6	31.4	0.9	43.4	1.0	15.4	0.7
4+ Person household	100.0	NA	6.7	0.4	28.0	0.7	46.5	0.8	18.7	0.6

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. MOE: Margin of Error. Please seenotes.cfm.
3. x or NA: Cannot be calculated. For a few PUMAs, some tables were not released due to disclosure release rules.
4. Public Transportation: Bus or trolley bus, Streetcar or trolley car, Subway or elevated, Railroad, and Ferryboat
5. All other Means: Walked, Bicycle, Taxicab, and Motorcycle.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS, CTPP 2000, and 2000 PUMS