American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile
Geographic Area1:  San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005
Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS    MOE 3
Persons in Household 2,389,651 2,716,820 2,824,259 *****4
Households   887,403 994,677 1,040,538 +/-5,218
Persons per household 2.69 2.73 2.71 *****
    Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 2,498,016 2,813,833 na na
Total Employed2 1,256,277 1,328,893 1,338,729 *****
Workers at Work 1,230,446 1,299,503 1,297,344 +/-11,031
Mode to work1 1990 2000 2005 ACS
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers   1,230,446 100.0 1,299,503 100.0 1,297,344 100.0   ---
Drove alone   872,325 70.9 960,065 73.9 1,013,732 78.1 +/- 0.6
2-person carpool   136,770 11.1 133,284 10.3 109,590 8.4 +/- 0.4
3-person carpool   21,538 1.8 22,840 1.8 21,642 1.7 +/- 0.3
4-person carpool   6,582 0.5 7,542 0.6 6,103 0.5 +/- 0.2
5-or-6-person carpool   2,668 0.2 3,225 0.2 2,611 0.2 +/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool 1,768 0.1 2,449 0.2 1,842 0.1 +/- 0.0
Bus or trolley bus   36,317 3.0 37,948 2.9 31,059 2.4 +/- 0.3
Streetcar or trolley car   2,543 0.2 2,022 0.2 2,927 0.2 +/- 0.1
Subway or elevated   143 0.0 350 0.0 361 0.0 +/- 0.0
Railroad   373 0.0 2,527 0.2 3,699 0.3 +/- 0.1
Ferryboat   113 0.0 177 0.0 50 0.0 +/- 0.0
Bicycle   10,785 0.9 7,460 0.6 6,384 0.5 +/- 0.1
Walked   55,749 4.5 44,107 3.4 24,470 1.9 +/- 0.2
Taxicab   889 0.1 733 0.1 270 0.0 +/- 0.0
Motorcycle   8,309 0.7 4,365 0.3 5,109 0.4 +/- 0.1
Other means   12,289 1.0 13,227 1.0 9,601 0.7 +/- 0.2
Worked at home   61,285 5.0 57,182 4.4 57,894 4.5 +/- 0.3
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home) 1,169,161 100.0 1,242,321 100.0 1,239,450 100.0   ---
Less than 5 minutes 31,274 2.7 29,768 2.4 27,021 2.2 +/- 0.2
5 to 9 118,433 10.1 106,435 8.6 100,303 8.1 +/- 0.4
10 to 14 175,527 15.0 170,219 13.7 163,937 13.2 +/- 0.6
15 to 19 210,776 18.0 211,754 17.0 203,019 16.4 +/- 0.6
20 to 29 282,333 24.1 293,463 23.6 309,230 24.9 +/- 0.8
30 to 44 239,343 20.5 267,950 21.6 267,951 21.6 +/- 0.7
45- 59 62,859 5.4 83,241 6.7 85,902 6.9 +/- 0.5
60 or more 48,616 4.2 79,491 6.4 82,087 6.6 +/- 0.4
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.2 (X) 25.3 (X) 25.2 (X) +/- 0.48
           
Departure Time to  Work1
Workers (Did not work at home) 1,169,161 100.0 1,242,321 100.0 1,239,450 100.0   ---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 105,791 9.0 119,377 9.6 125,777 10.1 +/- 0.6
6:00 - 6:59 a.m. 279,362 23.9 277,645 22.3 257,036 20.7 +/- 0.8
7:00 - 7:59 a.m. 331,780 28.4 342,067 27.5 325,574 26.3 +/- 0.8
8:00 - 8:59 a.m. 178,562 15.3 191,085 15.4 204,173 16.5 +/- 0.6
9:00 - 10:59 a.m. 92,283 7.9 109,836 8.8 131,912 10.6 +/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. 86,585 7.4 90,947 7.3 86,676 7.0 +/- 0.5
4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m. 94,798 8.1 111,364 9.0 108,302 8.7 +/- 0.5
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:  San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
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 25.3 1,242,325 136,205 381,975 293,465 267,950 83,240 79,490
2005 25.2 1,239,450 127,324 366,956 309,230 267,951 85,902 82,087
2005 MOE +/-0.48 +/-11,728 +/-6,332 +/-10,332 +/-10,338 +/-8,831 +/-6,076 +/-5,236
Drove alone  2000 24.4 960,065 90,490 307,930 243,165 210,540 61,045 46,895
2005 24.2 1,013,732 98,917 313,830 265,179 216,927 66,830 52,049
2005 MOE +/-0.53 +/-12,026 +/-5,239 +/-9,833 +/-8,930 +/-8,446 +/-5,268 +/-4,110
2-person carpool 2000 25.9 133,285 12,040 39,630 31,225 31,235 10,910 8,245
2005 26.7 109,590 8,872 29,892 26,974 26,688 9,575 7,589
2005 MOE +/-2.15 +/-5,760 +/-1,959 +/-3,526 +/-3,580 +/-3,432 +/-1,910 +/-1,554
3+ carpool 2000 29.7 36,055 3,045 8,755 7,590 9,545 3,410 3,715
2005 32.3 32,198 2,302 5,798 5,543 10,023 3,704 4,828
2005 MOE +/-6.47 +/-4,291 +/-873 +/-1,346 +/-1,259 +/-2,648 +/-1,700 +/-1,351
Bus or trolley bus 2000 49.9 37,950 745 4,140 4,310 9,255 5,395 14,095
2005 48.9 31,059 SSS 3,676 3,887 8,250 3,460 11,515
2005 MOE +/-9.08 +/-3,507 SSS +/-1,215 +/-1,259 +/-1,954 +/-905 +/-2,016
All other transit3 2000 58.9 5,075 54 290 265 1,295 805 2,380
2005 59.1 7,037 SSS SSS 1,227 1,180 1,178 3,337
2005 MOE +/-17.67 +/-1,458 SSS SSS +/-1,132 +/-669 +/-595 +/-788
All other modes4 2000 19.0 69,890 29,835 21,225 6,910 6,085 1,670 4,160
2005 18.6 45,834 16,962 13,645 6,420 4,883 1,155 2,769
2005 MOE +/-2.73 +/-3,998 +/-2,185 +/-2,160 +/-1,252 +/-1,149 +/-619 +/-750
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 25.3 100.0 11.0 30.7 23.6 21.6 6.7 6.4
2005 25.2 100.0 10.3 29.6 24.9 21.6 6.9 6.6
2005 MOE +/-0.48 ***** +/-0.9 +/-0.9 +/-0.9 +/-0.9 +/-0.9 +/-0.9
Drove alone  2000 24.4 100.0 9.4 32.1 25.3 21.9 6.4 4.9
2005 24.2 100.0 9.8 31.0 26.2 21.4 6.6 5.1
2005 MOE +/-0.53 ***** +/-1.2 +/-1.1 +/-1.2 +/-1.2 +/-1.2 +/-1.2
2-person carpool 2000 25.9 100.0 9.0 29.7 23.4 23.4 8.2 6.2
2005 26.7 100.0 8.1 27.3 24.6 24.4 8.7 6.9
2005 MOE +/-2.15 ***** +/-5.3 +/-5.2 +/-5.2 +/-5.2 +/-5.3 +/-5.3
3+ carpool 2000 29.7 100.0 8.4 24.3 21.1 26.5 9.5 10.3
2005 32.3 100.0 7.1 18.0 17.2 31.1 11.5 15.0
2005 MOE +/-6.47 ***** +/-13.3 +/-13.3 +/-13.3 +/-13.1 +/-13.3 +/-13.3
Bus or trolley bus 2000 49.9 100.0 2.0 10.9 11.4 24.4 14.2 37.1
2005 48.9 100.0 SSS 11.8 12.5 26.6 11.1 37.1
2005 MOE +/-9.08 ***** SSS +/-11.3 +/-11.3 +/-11.2 +/-11.3 +/-11.0
All other transit3 2000 58.9 100.0 1.1 5.7 5.2 25.5 15.9 46.9
2005 59.1 100.0 SSS SSS 17.4 16.8 16.7 47.4
2005 MOE +/-17.67 ***** SSS SSS +/-20.5 +/-20.7 +/-20.7 +/-20.0
All other modes4 2000 19.0 100.0 42.7 30.4 9.9 8.7 2.4 6.0
2005 18.6 100.0 37.0 29.8 14.0 10.7 2.5 6.0
2005 MOE +/-2.73 ***** +/-8.5 +/-8.6 +/-8.7 +/-8.7 +/-8.7 +/-8.7
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.