American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Washington

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

4,746,161

5,757,739

6,146,338

*****⁴

Households

1,872,431

2,271,398

2,450,474

+/-8,355

Persons per household

2.53

2.51

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

4,866,692

5,894,121

Total Employed²

2,347,857

2,841,632

3,004,929

*****

Workers at Work

2,302,666

2,785,479

2,912,575

+/-16,144

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

2,302,666

100.0

2,785,479

100.0

2,912,575

100.0

---

Drove alone

1,700,872

73.9

2,040,833

73.3

2,163,583

74.3

+/-

0.4

2-person carpool

224,353

9.7

282,638

10.1

271,798

9.3

+/-

0.4

3-person carpool

34,546

1.5

44,791

1.6

42,171

1.4

+/-

0.1

4-person carpool

11,545

0.5

14,195

0.5

13,953

0.5

+/-

0.1

5-or-6-person carpool

5,306

0.2

7,914

0.3

7,191

0.2

+/-

0.0

7-or-more-person carpool

6,490

0.3

8,204

0.3

10,136

0.3

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

96,746

4.2

124,450

4.5

123,498

4.2

+/-

0.2

Streetcar or trolley car

225

0.0

589

0.0

433

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

231

0.0

598

0.0

319

0.0

+/-

0.0

Railroad

126

0.0

301

0.0

4,289

0.1

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

6,013

0.3

8,923

0.3

8,534

0.3

+/-

0.1

Bicycle

13,170

0.6

16,205

0.6

19,255

0.7

+/-

0.1

Walked

91,475

4.0

89,739

3.2

83,595

2.9

+/-

0.2

Taxicab

1,062

0.0

1,417

0.1

1,667

0.1

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

7,985

0.3

4,353

0.2

10,038

0.3

+/-

0.1

Other means

16,144

0.7

19,499

0.7

19,136

0.7

+/-

0.1

Worked at home

86,377

3.8

120,830

4.3

132,979

4.6

+/-

0.2

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

2,216,289

100.0

2,664,649

100.0

2,779,596

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

88,322

4.0

91,132

3.4

105,677

3.8

+/-

0.2

5 to 9

270,797

12.2

286,517

10.8

298,922

10.8

+/-

0.3

10 to 14

354,747

16.0

391,606

14.7

400,347

14.4

+/-

0.4

15 to 19

377,232

17.0

418,990

15.7

434,538

15.6

+/-

0.4

20 to 29

468,665

21.1

556,799

20.9

577,136

20.8

+/-

0.4

30 to 44

403,943

18.2

517,085

19.4

550,572

19.8

+/-

0.4

45- 59

138,760

6.3

195,343

7.3

208,234

7.5

+/-

0.3

60 or more

113,823

5.1

207,177

7.8

204,170

7.3

+/-

0.3

Mean travel time (minutes)

22.0

(X)

25.5

(X)

24.7

(X)

+/-

0.29

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

2,216,289

100.0

2,664,649

100.0

2,779,596

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

187,815

8.5

250,680

9.4

280,344

10.1

+/-

0.3

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

476,484

21.5

536,467

20.1

566,921

20.4

+/-

0.5

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

657,111

29.6

747,606

28.1

716,113

25.8

+/-

0.5

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

326,540

14.7

393,994

14.8

414,706

14.9

+/-

0.4

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

164,255

7.4

231,327

8.7

259,527

9.3

+/-

0.3

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

202,186

9.1

226,177

8.5

240,524

8.7

+/-

0.3

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

201,898

9.1

278,398

10.4

301,461

10.8

+/-

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:

Washington

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

2,664,650

377,645

810,595

556,800

517,080

195,340

207,175

2005

24.7

2,779,596

404,599

834,885

577,136

550,572

208,234

204,170

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

+/-15,741

+/-10,348

+/-15,697

+/-12,906

+/-12,227

+/-8,738

+/-7,442

Drove alone

2000

24.0

2,040,835

285,610

660,010

449,390

388,025

135,935

121,860

2005

23.3

2,163,583

312,120

691,481

474,317

414,756

151,071

119,838

2005 MOE

+/-0.33

+/-16,808

+/-8,797

+/-13,833

+/-12,150

+/-10,765

+/-7,193

+/-5,577

2-person carpool

2000

27.6

282,640

30,470

80,555

59,290

61,200

24,690

26,430

2005

26.9

271,798

28,579

75,893

55,395

66,841

23,687

21,403

2005 MOE

+/-1.7

+/-10,600

+/-3,250

+/-6,214

+/-4,822

+/-6,541

+/-3,036

+/-2,388

3+ carpool

2000

34.7

75,105

6,135

16,975

12,295

17,580

9,155

12,970

2005

36.2

73,451

5,482

14,086

11,775

18,601

8,739

14,768

2005 MOE

+/-3.82

+/-4,596

+/-1,202

+/-2,056

+/-1,987

+/-2,298

+/-1,604

+/-2,332

Bus or trolley bus

2000

41.6

124,450

1,795

13,140

20,730

38,205

21,740

28,840

2005

40.9

123,498

2,492

14,640

19,016

36,555

20,509

30,286

2005 MOE

+/-3.32

+/-6,262

+/-1,212

+/-2,665

+/-2,930

+/-3,557

+/-2,265

+/-3,333

All other transit³

2000

79.0

10,410

270

235

745

844

8,265

2005

75.0

13,575

SSS

1,060

1,736

10,390

2005 MOE

+/-17.34

+/-2,069

SSS

+/-734

+/-753

+/-1,812

All other modes⁴

2000

20.5

131,215

53,585

39,650

14,865

11,320

2,980

8,815

2005

17.5

133,691

55,926

38,592

16,437

12,759

2,492

7,485

2005 MOE

+/-1.6

+/-6,148

+/-4,067

+/-3,245

+/-1,903

+/-1,832

+/-857

+/-1,484

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

14.2

30.4

20.9

19.4

7.3

7.8

2005

24.7

100.0

14.6

30.0

20.8

19.8

7.5

7.3

2005 MOE

+/-0.29

*****

+/-0.6

+/-0.5

+/-0.6

Drove alone

2000

24.0

100.0

14.0

32.3

22.0

19.0

6.7

6.0

2005

23.3

100.0

14.4

32.0

21.9

19.2

7.0

5.5

2005 MOE

+/-0.33

*****

+/-0.8

+/-0.7

+/-0.8

2-person carpool

2000

27.6

100.0

10.8

28.5

21.0

21.7

8.7

9.4

2005

26.9

100.0

10.5

27.9

20.4

24.6

8.7

7.9

2005 MOE

+/-1.7

*****

+/-3.9

+/-3.8

+/-3.9

3+ carpool

2000

34.7

100.0

8.2

22.6

16.4

23.4

12.2

17.3

2005

36.2

100.0

7.5

19.2

16.0

25.3

11.9

20.1

2005 MOE

+/-3.82

*****

+/-6.3

+/-6.2

+/-6.3

+/-6.2

Bus or trolley bus

2000

41.6

100.0

1.4

10.6

16.7

30.7

17.5

23.2

2005

40.9

100.0

2.0

11.9

15.4

29.6

16.6

24.5

2005 MOE

+/-3.32

*****

+/-5.1

+/-5.0

+/-5.1

+/-5.0

All other transit³

2000

79.0

100.0

0.6

2.6

2.3

7.2

8.1

79.4

2005

75.0

100.0

SSS

7.8

12.8

76.5

2005 MOE

+/-17.34

*****

SSS

+/-15.2

+/-11.3

All other modes⁴

2000

20.5

100.0

40.8

30.2

11.3

8.6

2.3

6.7

2005

17.5

100.0

41.8

28.9

12.3

9.5

1.9

5.6

2005 MOE

+/-1.6

*****

+/-4.4

+/-4.5

+/-4.6

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.