American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile
Geographic Area1:  New York city, New York
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005
Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS    MOE 3
Persons in Household 7,154,691 7,825,848 7,956,113 *****4
Households   2,819,401 3,021,588 3,026,196 +/-10,429
Persons per household 2.54 2.59 2.63 *****
    Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 7,322,564 8,008,278 na na
Total Employed2 3,264,303 3,280,124 3,543,825 *****
Workers at Work 3,183,088 3,192,070 3,429,194 +/-21,286
Mode to work1 1990 2000 2005 ACS
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers   3,183,088 100.0 3,192,070 100.0 3,429,194 100.0   ---
Drove alone   765,151 24.0 794,422 24.9 809,933 23.6 +/- 0.4
2-person carpool   189,312 5.9 176,158 5.5 152,388 4.4 +/- 0.2
3-person carpool   41,092 1.3 39,089 1.2 26,525 0.8 +/- 0.1
4-person carpool   16,673 0.5 16,912 0.5 12,567 0.4 +/- 0.1
5-or-6-person carpool   8,774 0.3 9,455 0.3 7,116 0.2 +/- 0.0
7-or-more-person carpool 15,652 0.5 13,360 0.4 9,919 0.3 +/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus   403,477 12.7 364,408 11.4 473,574 13.8 +/- 0.4
Streetcar or trolley car   7,938 0.2 5,101 0.2 13,406 0.4 +/- 0.1
Subway or elevated   1,168,346 36.7 1,199,226 37.6 1,307,728 38.1 +/- 0.5
Railroad   54,716 1.7 51,141 1.6 69,694 2.0 +/- 0.1
Ferryboat   16,619 0.5 11,193 0.4 8,896 0.3 +/- 0.1
Bicycle   9,643 0.3 15,024 0.5 16,468 0.5 +/- 0.1
Walked   340,077 10.7 332,264 10.4 323,712 9.4 +/- 0.4
Taxicab   50,096 1.6 53,781 1.7 47,335 1.4 +/- 0.1
Motorcycle   1,711 0.1 1,488 0.0 2,749 0.1 +/- 0.0
Other means   16,992 0.5 16,897 0.5 23,545 0.7 +/- 0.1
Worked at home   76,819 2.4 92,151 2.9 123,639 3.6 +/- 0.2
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home) 3,106,269 100.0 3,099,919 100.0 3,305,555 100.0   ---
Less than 5 minutes 43,309 1.4 36,907 1.2 43,597 1.3 +/- 0.1
5 to 9 128,544 4.1 117,493 3.8 115,573 3.5 +/- 0.2
10 to 14 238,044 7.7 205,727 6.6 204,682 6.2 +/- 0.3
15 to 19 296,454 9.5 272,534 8.8 274,710 8.3 +/- 0.3
20 to 29 428,543 13.8 438,172 14.1 476,292 14.4 +/- 0.4
30 to 44 784,589 25.3 785,031 25.3 863,457 26.1 +/- 0.5
45- 59 478,813 15.4 485,781 15.7 508,189 15.4 +/- 0.5
60 or more 707,973 22.8 758,274 24.5 819,055 24.8 +/- 0.6
Mean travel time (minutes) 36.5 (X) 40.0 (X) 39.1 (X) +/- 0.49
           
Departure Time to  Work1
Workers (Did not work at home) 3,106,269 100.0 3,099,919 100.0 3,305,555 100.0   ---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 115,529 3.7 139,488 4.5 167,168 5.1 +/- 0.3
6:00 - 6:59 a.m. 428,218 13.8 411,121 13.3 475,900 14.4 +/- 0.4
7:00 - 7:59 a.m. 913,331 29.4 874,799 28.2 884,685 26.8 +/- 0.5
8:00 - 8:59 a.m. 856,357 27.6 800,417 25.8 850,818 25.7 +/- 0.5
9:00 - 10:59 a.m. 352,235 11.3 401,345 12.9 429,879 13.0 +/- 0.4
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. 219,170 7.1 229,669 7.4 251,674 7.6 +/- 0.3
4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m. 221,429 7.1 243,080 7.8 245,431 7.4 +/- 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:  New York city, New York
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 40.0 3,099,920 154,400 478,260 438,170 785,030 485,780 758,280
2005 39.1 3,305,555 159,170 479,392 476,292 863,457 508,189 819,055
2005 MOE +/-0.49 +/-21,428 +/-7,383 +/-15,421 +/-14,852 +/-18,409 +/-15,465 +/-20,213
Drove alone  2000 32.7 794,420 41,120 179,980 153,105 213,480 93,845 112,890
2005 30.9 809,933 43,904 177,286 166,528 226,040 94,238 101,937
2005 MOE +/-0.96 +/-14,456 +/-3,660 +/-7,925 +/-9,324 +/-9,609 +/-5,746 +/-7,621
2-person carpool 2000 36.0 176,160 6,515 36,355 30,520 48,300 22,985 31,485
2005 32.5 152,388 5,640 34,675 27,172 43,295 19,069 22,537
2005 MOE +/-2.68 +/-8,502 +/-1,471 +/-4,572 +/-3,053 +/-4,967 +/-2,874 +/-3,048
3+ carpool 2000 44.5 78,815 2,035 9,850 10,580 21,130 12,855 22,360
2005 42.4 56,127 1,660 7,259 7,953 13,109 10,043 16,103
2005 MOE +/-5.51 +/-4,430 +/-820 +/-1,770 +/-1,583 +/-2,171 +/-2,223 +/-2,270
Bus or trolley bus 2000 48.5 364,410 2,560 25,290 45,800 102,470 62,250 126,035
2005 45.7 473,574 3,477 33,537 64,872 146,070 72,961 152,657
2005 MOE +/-1.96 +/-14,201 +/-1,137 +/-3,551 +/-5,200 +/-9,266 +/-5,212 +/-6,356
All other transit3 2000 49.6 1,266,660 6,985 47,205 125,270 354,150 283,460 449,595
2005 48.9 1,399,724 5,237 46,835 134,283 394,490 303,449 515,430
2005 MOE +/-1.12 +/-20,192 +/-1,296 +/-4,295 +/-7,193 +/-13,196 +/-11,243 +/-15,124
All other modes4 2000 18.3 419,455 95,180 179,580 72,885 45,490 10,400 15,905
2005 16.6 413,809 99,252 179,800 75,484 40,453 8,429 10,391
2005 MOE +/-0.91 +/-13,545 +/-6,768 +/-9,342 +/-5,623 +/-3,795 +/-1,612 +/-2,160
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 40.0 100.0 5.0 15.4 14.1 25.3 15.7 24.5
2005 39.1 100.0 4.8 14.5 14.4 26.1 15.4 24.8
2005 MOE +/-0.49 ***** +/-0.6 +/-0.6 +/-0.6 +/-0.6 +/-0.6 +/-0.6
Drove alone  2000 32.7 100.0 5.2 22.7 19.3 26.9 11.8 14.2
2005 30.9 100.0 5.4 21.9 20.6 27.9 11.6 12.6
2005 MOE +/-0.96 ***** +/-1.8 +/-1.8 +/-1.8 +/-1.8 +/-1.8 +/-1.8
2-person carpool 2000 36.0 100.0 3.7 20.6 17.3 27.4 13.0 17.9
2005 32.5 100.0 3.7 22.8 17.8 28.4 12.5 14.8
2005 MOE +/-2.68 ***** +/-5.6 +/-5.5 +/-5.6 +/-5.5 +/-5.6 +/-5.6
3+ carpool 2000 44.5 100.0 2.6 12.5 13.4