American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

New York city, New York

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

7,154,691

7,825,848

7,956,113

*****⁴

Households

2,819,401

3,021,588

3,026,196

+/-10,429

Persons per household

2.54

2.59

2.63

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

7,322,564

8,008,278

Total Employed²

3,264,303

3,280,124

3,543,825

*****

Workers at Work

3,183,088

3,192,070

3,429,194

+/-21,286

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

3,183,088

100.0

3,192,070

100.0

3,429,194

100.0

---

Drove alone

765,151

24.0

794,422

24.9

809,933

23.6

+/-

0.4

2-person carpool

189,312

5.9

176,158

5.5

152,388

4.4

+/-

0.2

3-person carpool

41,092

1.3

39,089

1.2

26,525

0.8

+/-

0.1

4-person carpool

16,673

0.5

16,912

0.5

12,567

0.4

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

8,774

0.3

9,455

0.3

7,116

0.2

+/-

0.0

7-or-more-person carpool

15,652

0.5

13,360

0.4

9,919

0.3

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

403,477

12.7

364,408

11.4

473,574

13.8

+/-

0.4

Streetcar or trolley car

7,938

0.2

5,101

0.2

13,406

0.4

+/-

0.1

Subway or elevated

1,168,346

36.7

1,199,226

37.6

1,307,728

38.1

+/-

0.5

Railroad

54,716

1.7

51,141

1.6

69,694

2.0

+/-

0.1

Ferryboat

16,619

0.5

11,193

0.4

8,896

0.3

+/-

0.1

Bicycle

9,643

0.3

15,024

0.5

16,468

0.5

+/-

0.1

Walked

340,077

10.7

332,264

10.4

323,712

9.4

+/-

0.4

Taxicab

50,096

1.6

53,781

1.7

47,335

1.4

+/-

0.1

Motorcycle

1,711

0.1

1,488

0.0

2,749

0.1

+/-

0.0

Other means

16,992

0.5

16,897

0.5

23,545

0.7

+/-

0.1

Worked at home

76,819

2.4

92,151

2.9

123,639

3.6

+/-

0.2

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,106,269

100.0

3,099,919

100.0

3,305,555

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

43,309

1.4

36,907

1.2

43,597

1.3

+/-

0.1

5 to 9

128,544

4.1

117,493

3.8

115,573

3.5

+/-

0.2

10 to 14

238,044

7.7

205,727

6.6

204,682

6.2

+/-

0.3

15 to 19

296,454

9.5

272,534

8.8

274,710

8.3

+/-

0.3

20 to 29

428,543

13.8

438,172

14.1

476,292

14.4

+/-

0.4

30 to 44

784,589

25.3

785,031

25.3

863,457

26.1

+/-

0.5

45- 59

478,813

15.4

485,781

15.7

508,189

15.4

+/-

0.5

60 or more

707,973

22.8

758,274

24.5

819,055

24.8

+/-

0.6

Mean travel time (minutes)

36.5

(X)

40.0

(X)

39.1

(X)

+/-

0.49

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,106,269

100.0

3,099,919

100.0

3,305,555

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

115,529

3.7

139,488

4.5

167,168

5.1

+/-

0.3

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

428,218

13.8

411,121

13.3

475,900

14.4

+/-

0.4

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

913,331

29.4

874,799

28.2

884,685

26.8

+/-

0.5

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

856,357

27.6

800,417

25.8

850,818

25.7

+/-

0.5

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

352,235

11.3

401,345

12.9

429,879

13.0

+/-

0.4

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

219,170

7.1

229,669

7.4

251,674

7.6

+/-

0.3

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

221,429

7.1

243,080

7.8

245,431

7.4

+/-

0.3

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:

New York city, New York

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

40.0

3,099,920

154,400

478,260

438,170

785,030

485,780

758,280

2005

39.1

3,305,555

159,170

479,392

476,292

863,457

508,189

819,055

2005 MOE

+/-0.49

+/-21,428

+/-7,383

+/-15,421

+/-14,852

+/-18,409

+/-15,465

+/-20,213

Drove alone

2000

32.7

794,420

41,120

179,980

153,105

213,480

93,845

112,890

2005

30.9

809,933

43,904

177,286

166,528

226,040

94,238

101,937

2005 MOE

+/-0.96

+/-14,456

+/-3,660

+/-7,925

+/-9,324

+/-9,609

+/-5,746

+/-7,621

2-person carpool

2000

36.0

176,160

6,515

36,355

30,520

48,300

22,985

31,485

2005

32.5

152,388

5,640

34,675

27,172

43,295

19,069

22,537

2005 MOE

+/-2.68

+/-8,502

+/-1,471

+/-4,572

+/-3,053

+/-4,967

+/-2,874

+/-3,048

3+ carpool

2000

44.5

78,815

2,035

9,850

10,580

21,130

12,855

22,360

2005

42.4

56,127

1,660

7,259

7,953

13,109

10,043

16,103

2005 MOE

+/-5.51

+/-4,430

+/-820

+/-1,770

+/-1,583

+/-2,171

+/-2,223

+/-2,270

Bus or trolley bus

2000

48.5

364,410

2,560

25,290

45,800

102,470

62,250

126,035

2005

45.7

473,574

3,477

33,537

64,872

146,070

72,961

152,657

2005 MOE

+/-1.96

+/-14,201

+/-1,137

+/-3,551

+/-5,200

+/-9,266

+/-5,212

+/-6,356

All other transit³

2000

49.6

1,266,660

6,985

47,205

125,270

354,150

283,460

449,595

2005

48.9

1,399,724

5,237

46,835

134,283

394,490

303,449

515,430

2005 MOE

+/-1.12

+/-20,192

+/-1,296

+/-4,295

+/-7,193

+/-13,196

+/-11,243

+/-15,124

All other modes⁴

2000

18.3

419,455

95,180

179,580

72,885

45,490

10,400

15,905

2005

16.6

413,809

99,252

179,800

75,484

40,453

8,429

10,391

2005 MOE

+/-0.91

+/-13,545

+/-6,768

+/-9,342

+/-5,623

+/-3,795

+/-1,612

+/-2,160

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

40.0

100.0

5.0

15.4

14.1

25.3

15.7

24.5

2005

39.1

100.0

4.8

14.5

14.4

26.1

15.4

24.8

2005 MOE

+/-0.49

*****

+/-0.6

Drove alone

2000

32.7

100.0

5.2

22.7

19.3

26.9

11.8

14.2

2005

30.9

100.0

5.4

21.9

20.6

27.9

11.6

12.6

2005 MOE

+/-0.96

*****

+/-1.8

2-person carpool

2000

36.0

100.0

3.7

20.6

17.3

27.4

13.0

17.9

2005

32.5

100.0

3.7

22.8

17.8

28.4

12.5

14.8

2005 MOE

+/-2.68

*****

+/-5.6

+/-5.5

+/-5.6

+/-5.5

+/-5.6

3+ carpool

2000

44.5

100.0

2.6

12.5

13.4

26.8

16.3

28.4

2005

42.4

100.0

3.0

12.9

14.2

23.4

17.9

28.7

2005 MOE

+/-5.51

*****

+/-7.9

+/-7.8

+/-7.9

+/-7.8

Bus or trolley bus

2000

48.5

100.0

0.7

6.9

12.6

28.1

17.1

34.6

2005

45.7

100.0

0.7

7.1

13.7

30.8

15.4

32.2

2005 MOE

+/-1.96

*****

+/-3.0

+/-2.9

+/-3.0

All other transit³

2000

49.6

100.0

0.6

3.7

9.9

28.0

22.4

35.5

2005

48.9

100.0

0.4

3.3

9.6

28.2

21.7

36.8

2005 MOE

+/-1.12

*****

+/-1.4

All other modes⁴

2000

18.3

100.0

22.7

42.8

17.4

10.8

2.5

3.8

2005

16.6

100.0

24.0

43.4

18.2

9.8

2.0

2.5

2005 MOE

+/-0.91

*****

+/-3.2

+/-3.1

+/-3.3

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.