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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Federal Way city, Washington


Download an Excel file* of this document: federal_way_city_washington.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 67,554 83,259 x x
Total Persons in Household 67,088 82,787 83,164 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 37,085 41,259 41,162 4,770
Total Workers, Place of Work 25,027 29,520 29,729 3,652
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.67 0.72 0.72 0.18

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 25,027 100.0 29,520 100.0 660 29,729 100.0 3,652 No
Drove alone 20,343 81.3 23,295 78.9 619 22,943 77.2 3,184 No
2-person carpool 2,213 8.8 2,825 9.6 250 1,701 5.7 726 Yes
3-person carpool 311 1.2 485 1.6 105 441 1.5 267 No
4-or-more-person carpool 159 0.6 420 1.4 98 299 1.0 236 No
Public Transportation 323 1.3 550 1.9 112 1,082 3.6 605 No
Walked 649 2.6 520 1.8 109 685 2.3 597 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 267 1.1 235 0.8 73 490 1.6 437 No
Worked at home 762 3.0 1,190 4.0 164 2,088 7.0 1,208 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,265 100.0 28,330 100.0 654 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,676 15.1 3,490 12.3 277 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 4,246 17.5 4,700 16.6 318 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,585 14.8 4,230 14.9 303 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 3,426 14.1 3,370 11.9 272 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,650 6.8 1,990 7.0 211 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 3,435 14.2 4,355 15.4 307 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 1,595 6.6 1,995 7.0 211 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 1,587 6.5 2,365 8.3 229 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,065 4.4 1,830 6.5 202 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.1 (X) 25.3 (X) NA 24.5 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,265 100.0 28,330 100.0 654 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,189 4.9 1,470 5.2 182 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,252 5.2 1,515 5.3 184 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,129 8.8 2,400 8.5 231 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,478 10.2 3,295 11.6 269 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,600 14.8 4,550 16.1 314 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,178 13.1 3,330 11.8 270 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,958 8.1 2,380 8.4 230 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 7,820 32.2 8,580 30.3 419 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 661 2.7 790 2.8 134 NA NA NA NA

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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