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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Indianapolis city -balance-, Indiana


Download an Excel file* of this document: indianapolis_city_balance_indiana.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 731,321 781,870 x x
Total Persons in Household 717,819 763,962 765,310 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 362,777 385,208 355,764 6,425
Total Workers, Place of Work 461,287 507,305 488,083 8,374
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.27 1.32 1.37 0.04

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 461,287 100.0 507,305 100.0 2,018 488,083 100.0 8,374 Yes
Drove alone 365,514 79.2 420,210 82.8 2,108 412,818 84.6 9,073 No
2-person carpool 53,191 11.5 46,580 9.2 1,001 36,788 7.5 3,183 Yes
3-person carpool 7,507 1.6 6,475 1.3 383 5,285 1.1 1,210 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,643 0.8 3,830 0.8 295 2,045 0.4 1,015 Yes
Public Transportation 11,647 2.5 8,750 1.7 445 6,134 1.3 1,495 Yes
Walked 8,685 1.9 7,660 1.5 416 6,682 1.4 1,915 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,828 0.8 4,135 0.8 307 8,408 1.7 3,486 Yes
Worked at home 7,272 1.6 9,665 1.9 467 9,923 2.0 2,423 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 454,015 100.0 497,640 100.0 2,034 478,160 100.0 8,519 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 43,842 9.7 43,620 8.8 970 40,506 8.5 3,647 No
10 to 14 53,860 11.9 57,190 11.5 1,101 49,627 10.4 3,568 Yes
15 to 19 77,724 17.1 78,040 15.7 1,267 68,782 14.4 5,128 Yes
20 to 24 87,774 19.3 92,190 18.5 1,364 89,192 18.7 6,048 No
25 to 29 41,090 9.1 43,255 8.7 967 43,472 9.1 3,960 No
30 to 34 71,286 15.7 82,890 16.7 1,302 81,260 17.0 4,274 No
35 to 44 28,107 6.2 35,160 7.1 876 42,013 8.8 3,591 Yes
45 to 59 26,168 5.8 34,085 6.8 863 35,845 7.5 2,580 No
60 or more 24,164 5.3 31,200 6.3 828 27,463 5.7 2,214 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.1 (X) 26.4 (X) NA 26.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 454,015 100.0 497,640 100.0 2,034 478,160 100.0 8,519 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 17,855 3.9 25,990 5.2 758 27,314 5.7 2,763 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 24,944 5.5 28,380 5.7 791 28,913 6.0 2,834 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 51,412 11.3 54,250 10.9 1,074 56,562 11.8 4,387 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 67,252 14.8 65,850 13.2 1,174 62,899 13.2 3,295 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 90,015 19.8 90,735 18.2 1,354 79,134 16.5 3,708 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 61,449 13.5 66,360 13.3 1,178 59,723 12.5 4,293 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 29,838 6.6 26,715 5.4 768 36,265 7.6 2,893 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 102,350 22.5 118,760 23.9 1,518 113,273 23.7 5,959 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 8,900 2.0 13,050 2.6 542 14,077 2.9 2,236 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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