American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

1,459,831

1,530,507

1,565,972

*****⁴

Households

565,645

613,835

614,431

+/-3,768

Persons per household

2.58

2.49

2.55

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

1,509,789

1,582,997

Total Employed²

738,207

763,757

782,466

*****

Workers at Work

718,247

745,026

750,968

+/-8,594

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

718,247

100.0

745,026

100.0

750,968

100.0

---

Drove alone

561,211

78.1

600,940

80.7

613,241

81.7

+/-

0.9

2-person carpool

71,616

10.0

62,587

8.4

56,489

7.5

+/-

0.6

3-person carpool

10,315

1.4

9,262

1.2

9,760

1.3

+/-

0.3

4-person carpool

3,074

0.4

2,857

0.4

2,540

0.3

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

1,771

0.2

1,929

0.3

967

0.1

+/-

0.1

7-or-more-person carpool

2,233

0.3

1,434

0.2

1,196

0.2

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

13,426

1.9

11,214

1.5

11,882

1.6

+/-

0.3

Streetcar or trolley car

0.0

325

0.0

217

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

321

0.0

639

0.1

1,402

0.2

+/-

0.1

Railroad

3,661

0.5

5,422

0.7

6,811

0.9

+/-

0.2

Ferryboat

0.0

174

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

1,314

0.2

1,742

0.2

1,140

0.2

+/-

0.1

Walked

29,000

4.0

24,280

3.3

17,867

2.4

+/-

0.5

Taxicab

684

0.1

979

0.1

761

0.1

+/-

0.1

Motorcycle

466

0.1

353

0.0

463

0.1

+/-

0.0

Other means

4,395

0.6

4,614

0.6

6,754

0.9

+/-

0.2

Worked at home

14,600

2.0

16,275

2.2

19,409

2.6

+/-

0.3

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

703,647

100.0

728,751

100.0

731,559

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

27,702

3.9

23,481

3.2

28,643

3.9

+/-

0.5

5 to 9

103,049

14.6

87,587

12.0

86,732

11.9

+/-

0.6

10 to 14

135,734

19.3

127,988

17.6

113,807

15.6

+/-

0.8

15 to 19

134,357

19.1

125,542

17.2

124,564

17.0

+/-

0.9

20 to 29

141,546

20.1

153,134

21.0

153,204

20.9

+/-

0.9

30 to 44

98,398

14.0

117,005

16.1

126,203

17.3

+/-

0.9

45- 59

32,368

4.6

43,183

5.9

47,318

6.5

+/-

0.4

60 or more

30,493

4.3

50,831

7.0

51,088

7.0

+/-

0.5

Mean travel time (minutes)

19.8

(X)

23.6

(X)

23.6

(X)

+/-

0.55

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

703,647

100.0

728,751

100.0

731,559

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

33,766

4.8

45,703

6.3

45,529

6.2

+/-

0.5

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

150,796

21.4

146,366

20.1

155,952

21.3

+/-

0.8

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

216,140

30.7

216,312

29.7

208,092

28.4

+/-

1.1

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

132,934

18.9

131,744

18.1

123,905

16.9

+/-

0.8

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

47,107

6.7

53,016

7.3

66,182

9.0

+/-

0.7

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

62,232

8.8

64,440

8.8

66,287

9.1

+/-

0.6

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

60,672

8.6

71,170

9.8

65,612

9.0

+/-

0.6

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:

Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA

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

23.6

728,755

111,065

253,530

153,140

117,000

43,180

50,820

2005

23.6

731,559

115,375

238,371

153,204

126,203

47,318

51,088

2005 MOE

+/-0.55

+/-9,018

+/-5,558

+/-9,039

+/-6,846

+/-6,545

+/-3,255

+/-3,666

Drove alone

2000

23.0

600,940

85,505

212,830

132,950

99,765

35,200

34,700

2005

22.9

613,241

90,285

205,681

135,176

108,144

38,913

35,042

2005 MOE

+/-0.62

+/-9,896

+/-4,528

+/-8,018

+/-6,670

+/-5,816

+/-2,791

+/-2,947

2-person carpool

2000

23.7

62,590

9,030

22,960

12,300

9,665

4,210

4,419

2005

23.2

56,489

9,566

19,492

10,133

9,695

3,915

3,688

2005 MOE

+/-2.98

+/-4,635

+/-2,177

+/-2,688

+/-1,690

+/-1,848

+/-1,131

+/-994

3+ carpool

2000

34.0

15,475

1,357

4,134

2,734

2,600

1,500

3,150

2005

31.2

14,463

1,391

3,485

2,887

3,318

1,061

2,321

2005 MOE

+/-8.61

+/-2,384

+/-595

+/-1,144

+/-1,052

+/-1,425

+/-538

+/-1,087

Bus or trolley bus

2000

38.1

11,220

302

2,320

2,305

2,895

1,035

2,333

2005

41.3

11,882

SSS

1,609

1,691

3,845

1,768

2,493

2005 MOE

+/-13.93

+/-2,189

SSS

+/-813

+/-726

+/-1,268

+/-672

+/-1,091

All other transit³

2000

72.5

6,555

163

162

383

794

4,963

2005

77.2

8,499

SSS

1,021

6,989

2005 MOE

+/-21.98

+/-1,656

SSS

+/-479

+/-1,507

All other modes⁴

2000

14.6

31,965

14,764

11,120

2,704

1,729

423

1,233

2005

12.1

26,985

13,657

7,931

3,142

1,060

640

555

2005 MOE

+/-2.67

+/-3,754

+/-3,158

+/-1,545

+/-1,055

+/-476

+/-457

+/-521

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

23.6

100.0

15.2

34.8

21.0

16.1

5.9

7.0

2005

23.6

100.0

15.8

32.6

20.9

17.3

6.5

7.0

2005 MOE

+/-0.55

*****

+/-1.2

Drove alone

2000

23.0

100.0

14.2

35.4

22.1

16.6

5.9

5.8

2005

22.9

100.0

14.7

33.5

22.0

17.6

6.3

5.7

2005 MOE

+/-0.62

*****

+/-1.6

2-person carpool

2000

23.7

100.0

14.4

36.7

19.7

15.4

6.7

7.1

2005

23.2

100.0

16.9

34.5

17.9

17.2

6.9

6.5

2005 MOE

+/-2.98

*****

+/-8.2

+/-8.0

+/-8.2

3+ carpool

2000

34.0

100.0

8.8

26.7

17.7

16.8

9.7

20.4

2005

31.2

100.0

9.6

24.1

20.0

22.9

7.3

16.0

2005 MOE

+/-8.61

*****

+/-16.5

+/-16.4

+/-16.3

+/-16.5

+/-16.4

Bus or trolley bus

2000

38.1

100.0

2.7

20.7

20.5

25.8

9.2

20.8

2005

41.3

100.0

SSS

13.5

14.2

32.4

14.9

21.0

2005 MOE

+/-13.93

*****

SSS

+/-18.4

+/-18.1

+/-18.4

+/-18.3

All other transit³

2000

72.5

100.0

1.4

2.5

5.8

12.1

75.7

2005

77.2

100.0

SSS

12.0

82.2

2005 MOE

+/-21.98

*****

SSS

+/-19.5

+/-12.9

All other modes⁴

2000

14.6

100.0

46.2

34.8

8.5

5.4

1.3

3.9

2005

12.1

100.0

50.6

29.4

11.6

3.9

2.4

2.1

2005 MOE

+/-2.67

*****

+/-12.6

+/-13.8

+/-13.9

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.