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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Dakota County, Minnesota


Download an Excel file* of this document: dakota_county_minnesota.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 275,227 355,904 x x
Total Persons in Household 273,429 353,583 381,267 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 151,620 197,794 208,277 3,658
Total Workers, Place of Work 112,188 154,525 160,450 5,573
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.74 0.78 0.77 0.05

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 112,188 100.0 154,525 100.0 1,305 160,450 100.0 5,573 Yes
Drove alone 91,321 81.4 128,435 83.1 1,265 132,720 82.7 4,897 No
2-person carpool 10,196 9.1 11,820 7.6 472 10,972 6.8 1,992 No
3-person carpool 1,425 1.3 1,750 1.1 184 2,240 1.4 752 No
4-or-more-person carpool 751 0.7 750 0.5 121 800 0.5 379 No
Public Transportation 1,036 0.9 1,245 0.8 155 1,101 0.7 597 No
Walked 2,054 1.8 2,095 1.4 201 2,706 1.7 940 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 883 0.8 1,360 0.9 162 2,452 1.5 954 Yes
Worked at home 4,522 4.0 7,060 4.6 367 7,459 4.6 1,276 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,666 100.0 147,465 100.0 1,297 152,991 100.0 5,641 No
Less than 10 minutes 20,112 18.7 23,915 16.2 659 24,487 16.0 2,929 No
10 to 14 20,408 19.0 25,620 17.4 681 23,879 15.6 2,283 No
15 to 19 18,959 17.6 25,290 17.1 677 26,522 17.3 2,357 No
20 to 24 16,714 15.5 23,585 16.0 655 25,462 16.6 2,369 No
25 to 29 7,265 6.7 10,465 7.1 445 10,373 6.8 1,529 No
30 to 34 10,925 10.1 16,580 11.2 555 15,482 10.1 1,871 No
35 to 44 5,506 5.1 8,375 5.7 399 9,934 6.5 1,315 Yes
45 to 59 4,505 4.2 7,510 5.1 378 9,806 6.4 1,905 Yes
60 or more 3,272 3.0 6,125 4.2 342 7,046 4.6 1,009 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 21.8 (X) NA 21.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,666 100.0 147,465 100.0 1,297 152,991 100.0 5,641 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,297 4.0 7,735 5.2 384 7,721 5.0 1,138 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,003 5.6 8,850 6.0 410 11,787 7.7 1,777 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 12,241 11.4 17,215 11.7 565 18,900 12.4 2,064 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,642 13.6 19,650 13.3 601 19,176 12.5 2,332 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 20,620 19.2 26,705 18.1 694 23,267 15.2 2,027 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,832 11.9 16,765 11.4 558 17,691 11.6 1,886 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,774 6.3 8,555 5.8 403 11,269 7.4 2,389 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 28,305 26.3 37,845 25.7 812 39,140 25.6 3,317 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,952 1.8 3,470 2.4 259 4,040 2.6 1,021 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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