American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Houston city, Texas

TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

1,606,878

1,920,375

1,941,430

*****⁴

Households

616,877

717,945

733,101

+/-10,612

Persons per household

2.60

2.67

2.65

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

1,630,553

1,953,631

Total Employed²

789,635

860,719

901,275

*****

Workers at Work

772,957

841,686

875,252

+/-16,909

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

772,957

100.0

841,686

100.0

875,252

100.0

---

Drove alone

553,936

71.7

604,686

71.8

651,399

74.4

+/-

1.1

2-person carpool

91,488

11.8

94,209

11.2

85,297

9.7

+/-

0.7

3-person carpool

16,035

2.1

20,480

2.4

18,532

2.1

+/-

0.3

4-person carpool

6,693

0.9

10,471

1.2

9,429

1.1

+/-

0.3

5-or-6-person carpool

3,420

0.4

6,018

0.7

5,772

0.7

+/-

0.2

7-or-more-person carpool

2,135

0.3

2,805

0.3

2,865

0.3

+/-

0.2

Bus or trolley bus

48,747

6.3

47,691

5.7

42,797

4.9

+/-

0.5

Streetcar or trolley car

0.0

259

0.0

651

0.1

+/-

0.1

Subway or elevated

194

0.0

140

0.0

789

0.1

+/-

0.1

Railroad

0.0

126

0.0

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

2,707

0.4

3,859

0.5

2,468

0.3

+/-

0.1

Walked

23,194

3.0

19,413

2.3

16,357

1.9

+/-

0.2

Taxicab

1,296

0.2

1,183

0.1

1,521

0.2

+/-

0.1

Motorcycle

1,216

0.2

674

0.1

816

0.1

+/-

0.0

Other means

6,338

0.8

9,924

1.2

12,559

1.4

+/-

0.3

Worked at home

15,436

2.0

19,706

2.3

23,942

2.7

+/-

0.4

Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

757,521

100.0

821,980

100.0

851,310

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

15,970

2.1

14,407

1.8

18,335

2.2

+/-

0.4

5 to 9

58,655

7.7

58,361

7.1

60,550

7.1

+/-

0.5

10 to 14

94,054

12.4

98,346

12.0

95,586

11.2

+/-

0.7

15 to 19

127,604

16.8

129,850

15.8

137,988

16.2

+/-

0.9

20 to 29

170,198

22.5

176,384

21.5

195,324

22.9

+/-

1.1

30 to 44

191,363

25.3

214,165

26.1

210,347

24.7

+/-

0.9

45- 59

56,853

7.5

68,498

8.3

65,958

7.7

+/-

0.6

60 or more

42,824

5.7

61,969

7.5

67,222

7.9

+/-

0.7

Mean travel time (minutes)

24.7

(X)

27.4

(X)

26.4

(X)

+/-

0.90

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

757,521

100.0

821,980

100.0

851,310

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

43,297

5.7

59,785

7.3

73,244

8.6

+/-

0.6

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

160,503

21.2

170,281

20.7

183,733

21.6

+/-

1.0

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

252,072

33.3

264,472

32.2

233,250

27.4

+/-

0.9

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

126,273

16.7

131,312

16.0

136,674

16.1

+/-

0.9

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

60,875

8.0

72,049

8.8

78,543

9.2

+/-

0.6

11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.

51,306

6.8

52,623

6.4

58,344

6.9

+/-

0.5

4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m.

63,195

8.3

71,458

8.7

87,522

10.3

+/-

0.8

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.

3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.htm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.

4. ***** Cannot be calculated.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Houston city, Texas

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

Mean travel time (mins.)

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

27.4

821,980

72,765

228,195

176,385

214,165

68,495

61,970

2005

26.4

851,310

78,885

233,574

195,324

210,347

65,958

67,222

2005 MOE

+/-0.9

+/-16,791

+/-4,979

+/-10,079

+/-9,830

+/-8,588

+/-5,497

+/-6,026

Drove alone

2000

25.3

604,685

51,525

179,095

141,360

157,520

46,080

29,110

2005

24.4

651,399

59,717

190,018

161,959

163,204

44,952

31,549

2005 MOE

+/-0.95

+/-15,918

+/-4,267

+/-8,980

+/-8,785

+/-7,989

+/-4,202

+/-3,960

2-person carpool

2000

27.7

94,210

7,705

25,685

19,970

25,530

8,330

6,990

2005

27.7

85,297

6,340

22,093

17,237

22,852

9,564

7,211

2005 MOE

+/-3.17

+/-5,997

+/-1,659

+/-3,191

+/-3,141

+/-3,057

+/-2,588

+/-1,652

3+ carpool

2000

35.1

39,775

1,930

7,305

6,465

12,850

4,795

6,445

2005

39.8

36,598

1,040

4,650

6,000

11,044

4,815

9,049

2005 MOE

+/-7.32

+/-4,019

+/-559

+/-1,350

+/-1,788

+/-2,513

+/-1,744

+/-2,347

Bus or trolley bus

2000

50.4

47,690

785

4,935

4,315

12,925

8,015

16,715

2005

48.3

42,797

1,062

4,350

5,643

9,557

5,701

16,484

2005 MOE

+/-8.54

+/-4,421

+/-705

+/-1,371

+/-1,274

+/-2,119

+/-1,332

+/-3,336

All other transit³

2000

48.6

570

105

100

115

185

2005

29.7

1,498

SSS

792

SSS

2005 MOE

+/-21.54

+/-733

SSS

+/-571

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

21.9

35,050

10,795

11,075

4,185

5,215

1,255

2,535

2005

19.2

33,721

10,726

12,198

4,152

2,898

926

2,821

2005 MOE

+/-3.59

+/-3,298

+/-1,997

+/-2,138

+/-1,264

+/-1,014

+/-691

+/-1,002

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)

Percent of Workers

Mean travel time (mins.)¹

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

27.4

100.0

8.9

27.8

21.5

26.1

8.3

7.5

2005

26.4

100.0

9.3

27.4

22.9

24.7

7.7

7.9

2005 MOE

+/-0.9

*****

+/-2.0

+/-1.9

+/-2.0

Drove alone

2000

25.3

100.0

8.5

29.6

23.4

26.0

7.6

4.8

2005

24.4

100.0

9.2

29.2

24.9

25.1

6.9

4.8

2005 MOE

+/-0.95

*****

+/-2.4

2-person carpool

2000

27.7

100.0

8.2

27.3

21.2

27.1

8.8

7.4

2005

27.7

100.0

7.4

25.9

20.2

26.8

11.2

8.5

2005 MOE

+/-3.17

*****

+/-7.0

3+ carpool

2000

35.1

100.0

4.9

18.4

16.3

32.3

12.1

16.2

2005

39.8

100.0

2.8

12.7

16.4

30.2

13.2

24.7

2005 MOE

+/-7.32

*****

+/-11.0

+/-10.8

+/-11.0

+/-10.9

Bus or trolley bus

2000

50.4

100.0

1.6

10.3

9.0

27.1

16.8

35.0

2005

48.3

100.0

2.5

10.2

13.2

22.3

13.3

38.5

2005 MOE

+/-8.54

*****

+/-10.3

+/-9.9

All other transit³

2000

48.6

100.0

6.0

18.4

17.5

20.2

3.2

32.5

2005

29.7

100.0

SSS

52.9

SSS

2005 MOE

+/-21.54

*****

SSS

+/-44.6

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

21.9

100.0

30.8

31.6

11.9

14.9

3.6

7.2

2005

19.2

100.0

31.8

36.2

12.3

8.6

2.7

8.4

2005 MOE

+/-3.59

*****

+/-9.6

+/-9.5

+/-9.8

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, please read notes.htm

3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.

4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.

SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.

***** Cannot be calculated.