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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Boise City city, Idaho


Download an Excel file* of this document: boise_city_city_idaho.xls.

W1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS
MOE3
  Includes GQ Pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 125,738 185,787 x x
Total Persons in Household 123,112 181,774 191,667 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 65,418 99,005 101,923 3,738
Total Workers, Place of Work 88,391 130,120 136,109 4,786
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.35 1.31 1.34 0.09

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 88,391 100.0 130,120 100.0 872 136,109 100.0 4,786 Yes
Drove alone 72,165 81.6 105,375 81.0 943 109,052 80.1 4,408 No
2-person carpool 8,276 9.4 12,450 9.6 476 13,053 9.6 1,748 No
3-person carpool 948 1.1 1,615 1.2 177 1,893 1.4 684 No
4-or-more-person carpool 556 0.6 690 0.5 116 766 0.6 553 No
Public Transportation 811 0.9 1,194 0.9 152 987 0.7 676 No
Walked 1,743 2.0 2,430 1.9 216 1,961 1.4 690 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,980 2.2 2,415 1.9 216 2,942 2.2 834 No
Worked at home 1,912 2.2 3,950 3.0 274 5,455 4.0 1,946 No
 

W3. TRAVEL TIME TO WORK (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1

Workers (Did not work at home) 86,479 100.0 126,170 100.0 888 130,654 100.0 4,930 No
Less than 10 minutes 12,946 15.0 15,720 12.5 529 16,307 12.5 1,997 No
10 to 14 18,993 22.0 23,115 18.3 628 21,141 16.2 2,300 No
15 to 19 20,224 23.4 26,370 20.9 664 24,899 19.1 2,674 No
20 to 24 15,748 18.2 24,395 19.3 643 25,675 19.7 2,523 No
25 to 29 4,519 5.2 7,870 6.2 383 8,538 6.5 1,270 No
30 to 34 7,875 9.1 14,565 11.5 511 18,118 13.9 2,326 Yes
35 to 44 1,942 2.2 4,560 3.6 294 6,855 5.2 1,309 Yes
45 to 59 2,301 2.7 5,435 4.3 321 4,755 3.6 999 No
60 or more 1,931 2.2 4,135 3.3 281 4,366 3.3 1,047 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.0 (X) 21.1 (X) NA 20.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 86,479 100.0 126,170 100.0 888 130,654 100.0 4,930 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,064 3.5 5,820 4.6 331 8,231 6.3 1,731 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,158 3.7 5,595 4.4 325 5,978 4.6 1,093 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,210 7.2 11,440 9.1 457 10,799 8.3 1,453 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,884 13.7 16,600 13.2 543 16,856 12.9 2,280 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 20,938 24.2 24,325 19.3 642 24,535 18.8 2,319 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 13,735 15.9 18,590 14.7 571 20,747 15.9 2,325 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,790 6.7 8,315 6.6 393 11,237 8.6 1,547 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 20,625 23.8 31,785 25.2 716 30,192 23.1 2,993 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,075 1.2 2,465 2.0 218 2,079 1.6 782 No

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.
3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.cfm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.
4. x: Cannot be calculated. NA: Not calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 1990 CTPP, 2000 CTPP, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, and 2005 ACS.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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