American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Virginia

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

5,978,058

6,847,117

7,332,608

*****⁴

Households

2,291,830

2,699,173

2,889,688

+/-11,234

Persons per household

2.61

2.54

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

6,187,358

7,078,515

Total Employed²

3,196,941

3,543,538

3,706,962

*****

Workers at Work

3,146,858

3,481,820

3,603,317

+/-15,202

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

3,146,858

100.0

3,481,820

100.0

3,603,317

100.0

---

Drove alone

2,280,939

72.5

2,685,914

77.1

2,826,162

78.4

+/-

0.4

2-person carpool

364,129

11.6

329,961

9.5

306,475

8.5

+/-

0.3

3-person carpool

73,076

2.3

69,338

2.0

62,592

1.7

+/-

0.1

4-person carpool

30,823

1.0

22,849

0.7

21,703

0.6

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

14,626

0.5

10,110

0.3

9,003

0.2

+/-

0.1

7-or-more-person carpool

17,206

0.5

8,835

0.3

9,426

0.3

+/-

0.0

Bus or trolley bus

71,046

2.3

56,841

1.6

59,045

1.6

+/-

0.1

Streetcar or trolley car

416

0.0

397

0.0

985

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

48,681

1.5

56,225

1.6

62,338

1.7

+/-

0.1

Railroad

1,013

0.0

5,998

0.2

9,713

0.3

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

214

0.0

336

0.0

523

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

9,068

0.3

7,930

0.2

8,366

0.2

+/-

0.0

Walked

97,766

3.1

80,487

2.3

63,042

1.7

+/-

0.1

Taxicab

4,457

0.1

4,369

0.1

3,613

0.1

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

4,382

0.1

3,180

0.1

5,904

0.2

+/-

0.0

Other means

25,598

0.8

28,983

0.8

28,426

0.8

+/-

0.1

Worked at home

103,418

3.3

110,067

3.2

126,001

3.5

+/-

0.2

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,043,440

100.0

3,371,753

100.0

3,477,316

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

86,099

2.8

85,207

2.5

95,781

2.8

+/-

0.2

5 to 9

306,761

10.1

296,082

8.8

305,608

8.8

+/-

0.3

10 to 14

438,363

14.4

448,126

13.3

439,990

12.7

+/-

0.3

15 to 19

510,464

16.8

530,128

15.7

539,444

15.5

+/-

0.4

20 to 29

642,817

21.1

730,763

21.7

738,240

21.2

+/-

0.4

30 to 44

614,787

20.2

709,821

21.1

741,026

21.3

+/-

0.4

45- 59

241,470

7.9

289,734

8.6

297,505

8.6

+/-

0.3

60 or more

202,679

6.7

281,892

8.4

319,722

9.2

+/-

0.3

Mean travel time (minutes)

24.0

(X)

27.0

(X)

27.0

(X)

+/-

0.26

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

3,043,440

100.0

3,371,753

100.0

3,477,316

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

226,847

7.5

265,340

7.9

316,875

9.1

+/-

0.2

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

670,618

22.0

689,343

20.4

701,186

20.2

+/-

0.4

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

929,788

30.6

1,018,003

30.2

980,063

28.2

+/-

0.4

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

537,693

17.7

600,018

17.8

611,431

17.6

+/-

0.4

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

208,743

6.9

260,786

7.7

295,763

8.5

+/-

0.3

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

211,322

6.9

227,881

6.8

238,289

6.9

+/-

0.3

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

258,429

8.5

310,382

9.2

333,709

9.6

+/-

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:

Virginia

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

27.0

3,371,755

381,285

978,255

730,765

709,820

289,730

281,890

2005

27.0

3,477,316

401,389

979,434

738,240

741,026

297,505

319,722

2005 MOE

+/-0.26

+/-16,570

+/-11,489

+/-17,828

+/-15,158

+/-15,119

+/-9,210

+/-9,045

Drove alone

2000

25.7

2,685,915

289,880

818,540

621,275

566,780

208,980

180,455

2005

25.7

2,826,162

314,723

842,414

638,742

598,700

222,869

208,714

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

+/-18,206

+/-9,756

+/-17,376

+/-13,164

+/-13,083

+/-7,169

+/-6,499

2-person carpool

2000

29.3

329,960

30,795

90,630

67,235

72,295

34,620

34,395

2005

28.9

306,475

32,403

80,818

59,103

67,183

32,564

34,404

2005 MOE

+/-1.5

+/-9,504

+/-3,152

+/-6,230

+/-4,470

+/-5,202

+/-3,932

+/-3,605

3+ carpool

2000

39.4

111,135

6,085

19,495

16,180

27,135

18,505

23,745

2005

39.6

102,724

7,502

16,373

13,741

25,999

12,955

26,154

2005 MOE

+/-3.97

+/-6,610

+/-1,922

+/-2,716

+/-2,428

+/-3,448

+/-2,123

+/-3,231

Bus or trolley bus

2000

41.8

56,840

2,410

9,510

8,130

13,585

8,145

15,065

2005

42.6

59,045

2,219

7,240

8,337

14,848

8,263

18,138

2005 MOE

+/-5.07

+/-4,794

+/-874

+/-1,523

+/-1,529

+/-2,247

+/-1,585

+/-2,406

All other transit³

2000

48.1

62,955

185

1,655

6,175

18,950

16,145

19,865

2005

50.7

73,559

SSS

1,985

6,790

22,129

17,291

25,214

2005 MOE

+/-4.68

+/-4,447

SSS

+/-674

+/-1,426

+/-2,510

+/-2,483

+/-2,533

All other modes⁴

2000

19.6

124,945

51,940

38,435

11,775

11,080

3,360

8,365

2005

19.2

109,351

44,392

30,604

11,527

12,167

3,563

7,098

2005 MOE

+/-2.16

+/-6,579

+/-3,897

+/-2,980

+/-1,675

+/-2,099

+/-1,069

+/-1,365

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

27.0

100.0

11.3

29.0

21.7

21.1

8.6

8.4

2005

27.0

100.0

11.5

28.2

21.2

21.3

8.6

9.2

2005 MOE

+/-0.26

*****

+/-0.5

Drove alone

2000

25.7

100.0

10.8

30.5

23.1

21.1

7.8

6.7

2005

25.7

100.0

11.1

29.8

22.6

21.2

7.9

7.4

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

*****

+/-0.6

2-person carpool

2000

29.3

100.0

9.3

27.5

20.4

21.9

10.5

10.4

2005

28.9

100.0

10.6

26.4

19.3

21.9

10.6

11.2

2005 MOE

+/-1.5

*****

+/-3.1

3+ carpool

2000

39.4

100.0

5.5

17.5

14.6

24.4

16.7

21.4

2005

39.6

100.0

7.3

15.9

13.4

25.3

12.6

25.5

2005 MOE

+/-3.97

*****

+/-6.4

Bus or trolley bus

2000

41.8

100.0

4.2

16.7

14.3

23.9

14.3

26.5

2005

42.6

100.0

3.8

12.3

14.1

25.1

14.0

30.7

2005 MOE

+/-5.07

*****

+/-8.1

+/-8.0

All other transit³

2000

48.1

100.0

0.3

2.6

9.8

30.1

25.6

31.6

2005

50.7

100.0

SSS

2.7

9.2

30.1

23.5

34.3

2005 MOE

+/-4.68

*****

SSS

+/-6.0

+/-5.9

All other modes⁴

2000

19.6

100.0

41.6

30.8

9.4

8.9

2.7

6.7

2005

19.2

100.0

40.6

28.0

10.5

11.1

3.3

6.5

2005 MOE

+/-2.16

*****

+/-5.8

+/-6.0

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.