American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

United States

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

242,012,129

273,643,273

288,378,137

*****⁴

Households

91,947,410

105,480,101

111,090,617

+/-143,575

Persons per household

2.63

2.59

2.60

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

248,709,873

281,421,906

Total Employed²

117,390,130

130,873,649

137,181,788

*****

Workers at Work

115,070,274

128,279,228

133,091,043

+/-117,391

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

115,070,274

100.0

128,279,228

100.0

133,091,043

100.0

---

Drove alone

84,215,298

73.2

97,102,050

75.7

102,458,267

77.0

+/-

0.1

2-person carpool

12,078,175

10.5

12,097,346

9.4

10,980,950

8.3

+/-

0.0

3-person carpool

2,001,378

1.7

2,159,151

1.7

1,911,054

1.4

+/-

0.0

4-person carpool

702,222

0.6

766,012

0.6

693,214

0.5

+/-

0.0

5-or-6-person carpool

305,976

0.3

372,501

0.3

340,448

0.3

+/-

0.0

7-or-more-person carpool

289,883

0.3

239,041

0.2

274,760

0.2

+/-

0.0

Bus or trolley bus

3,445,000

3.0

3,206,682

2.5

3,357,834

2.5

+/-

0.0

Streetcar or trolley car

78,130

0.1

72,713

0.1

83,291

0.1

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

1,755,476

1.5

1,885,961

1.5

2,026,294

1.5

+/-

0.0

Railroad

574,052

0.5

658,097

0.5

690,727

0.5

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

37,497

0.0

44,106

0.0

43,868

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

466,856

0.4

488,497

0.4

534,896

0.4

+/-

0.0

Walked

4,488,886

3.9

3,758,982

2.9

3,291,401

2.5

+/-

0.0

Taxicab

179,434

0.2

200,144

0.2

175,691

0.1

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

237,404

0.2

142,424

0.1

248,074

0.2

+/-

0.0

Other means

808,582

0.7

901,298

0.7

1,184,096

0.9

+/-

0.0

Worked at home

3,406,025

3.0

4,184,223

3.3

4,796,178

3.6

+/-

0.0

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

111,664,249

100.0

124,095,005

100.0

128,294,865

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

4,314,682

3.9

4,180,407

3.4

4,828,176

3.8

+/-

0.0

5 to 9

13,943,239

12.5

13,687,604

11.0

13,991,096

10.9

+/-

0.1

10 to 14

17,954,128

16.1

18,618,305

15.0

18,356,192

14.3

+/-

0.1

15 to 19

19,026,053

17.0

19,634,328

15.8

19,854,437

15.5

+/-

0.1

20 to 29

22,436,930

20.1

25,172,296

20.3

26,415,052

20.6

+/-

0.1

30 to 44

20,053,109

18.0

23,703,903

19.1

25,076,740

19.5

+/-

0.1

45- 59

7,191,455

6.4

9,200,414

7.4

9,649,738

7.5

+/-

0.0

60 or more

6,744,653

6.0

9,897,748

8.0

10,123,434

7.9

+/-

0.0

Mean travel time (minutes)

22.4

(X)

25.5

(X)

25.1

(X)

+/-

0.05

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

111,664,249

100.0

124,095,005

100.0

128,294,865

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

7,145,946

6.4

9,440,321

7.6

10,861,881

8.5

+/-

0.0

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

22,820,464

20.4

24,196,129

19.5

25,324,006

19.7

+/-

0.1

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

35,346,620

31.7

38,305,923

30.9

36,408,899

28.4

+/-

0.1

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

18,867,326

16.9

19,937,875

16.1

20,871,054

16.3

+/-

0.1

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

8,042,315

7.2

9,675,328

7.8

10,957,049

8.5

+/-

0.0

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

9,132,793

8.2

9,883,604

8.0

10,351,389

8.1

+/-

0.0

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

10,308,785

9.2

12,655,825

10.2

13,520,587

10.5

+/-

0.1

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:

United States

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

25.5

124,095,005

17,868,005

38,252,640

25,172,300

23,703,905

9,200,410

9,897,755

2005

25.1

128,294,865

18,819,272

38,210,629

26,415,052

25,076,740

9,649,738

10,123,434

2005 MOE

+/-0.05

+/-114,548

+/-81,685

+/-103,345

+/-90,860

+/-80,268

+/-61,561

+/-58,019

Drove alone

2000

24.1

97,102,050

13,792,245

31,467,920

20,885,110

18,384,940

6,637,990

5,933,880

2005

23.7

102,458,267

14,919,704

32,119,626

22,289,196

19,807,510

7,179,285

6,142,946

2005 MOE

+/-0.06

+/-123,290

+/-70,448

+/-97,559

+/-81,419

+/-67,970

+/-51,004

+/-45,539

2-person carpool

2000

27.0

12,097,345

1,434,580

3,676,185

2,407,960

2,489,555

1,010,905

1,078,130

2005

26.5

10,980,950

1,351,869

3,181,456

2,192,131

2,343,473

936,326

975,695

2005 MOE

+/-0.27

+/-65,959

+/-19,656

+/-34,280

+/-29,451

+/-29,159

+/-20,056

+/-20,577

3+ carpool

2000

33.6

3,536,700

309,510

846,230

606,650

824,780

387,812

561,744

2005

33.7

3,219,476

286,992

706,844

559,698

764,215

349,332

552,395

2005 MOE

+/-0.61

+/-35,506

+/-9,810

+/-18,778

+/-16,855

+/-20,246

+/-13,752

+/-16,009

Bus or trolley bus

2000

45.0

3,206,680

64,660

382,290

444,130

885,524

492,267

937,850

2005

43.7

3,357,834

71,956

400,825

466,639

937,110

476,809

1,004,495

2005 MOE

+/-0.72

+/-37,093

+/-4,728

+/-14,591

+/-15,533

+/-18,282

+/-12,222

+/-19,626

All other transit³

2000

53.1

2,660,885

14,856

94,164

235,706

668,646

552,940

1,094,556

2005

52.6

2,844,180

15,182

89,298

247,388

726,441

581,961

1,183,910

2005 MOE

+/-0.84

+/-29,986

+/-2,158

+/-5,580

+/-9,243

+/-16,035

+/-15,325

+/-20,904

All other modes⁴

2000

17.9

5,491,340

2,252,145

1,785,905

592,745

450,443

118,547

291,622

2005

17.3

5,434,158

2,173,569

1,712,580

660,000

497,991

126,025

263,993

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

+/-45,610

+/-27,996

+/-26,771

+/-14,615

+/-13,461

+/-6,502

+/-9,911

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

25.5

100.0

14.4

30.8

20.3

19.1

7.4

8.0

2005

25.1

100.0

14.7

29.8

20.6

19.5

7.5

7.9

2005 MOE

+/-0.05

*****

+/-0.1

Drove alone

2000

24.1

100.0

14.2

32.4

21.5

18.9

6.8

6.1

2005

23.7

100.0

14.6

31.3

21.8

19.3

7.0

6.0

2005 MOE

+/-0.06

*****

+/-0.1

2-person carpool

2000

27.0

100.0

11.9

30.4

19.9

20.6

8.4

8.9

2005

26.5

100.0

12.3

29.0

20.0

21.3

8.5

8.9

2005 MOE

+/-0.27

*****

+/-0.6

3+ carpool

2000

33.6

100.0

8.8

23.9

17.2

23.3

11.0

15.9

2005

33.7

100.0

8.9

22.0

17.4

23.7

10.9

17.2

2005 MOE

+/-0.61

*****

+/-1.1

Bus or trolley bus

2000

45.0

100.0

2.0

11.9

13.9

27.6

15.4

29.2

2005

43.7

100.0

2.1

11.9

13.9

27.9

14.2

29.9

2005 MOE

+/-0.72

*****

+/-1.1

All other transit³

2000

53.1

100.0

0.6

3.5

8.9

25.1

20.8

41.1

2005

52.6

100.0

0.5

3.1

8.7

25.5

20.5

41.6

2005 MOE

+/-0.84

*****

+/-1.1

+/-1.0

All other modes⁴

2000

17.9

100.0

41.0

32.5

10.8

8.2

2.2

5.3

2005

17.3

100.0

40.0

31.5

12.1

9.2

2.3

4.9

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

*****

+/-0.8

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.