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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Madison city, Wisconsin


Download an Excel file* of this document: madison_city_wisconsin.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 191,262 208,054 x x
Total Persons in Household 178,214 195,221 203,704 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 105,887 119,707 115,700 5,077
Total Workers, Place of Work 155,457 174,340 178,460 6,166
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.47 1.46 1.54 0.12

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 155,457 100.0 174,340 100.0 742 178,460 100.0 6,166 No
Drove alone 103,481 66.6 125,390 71.9 985 134,891 75.6 5,551 Yes
2-person carpool 16,838 10.8 15,635 9.0 531 13,584 7.6 1,584 Yes
3-person carpool 2,596 1.7 1,860 1.1 190 996 0.6 447 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,475 1.6 1,685 1.0 180 2,091 1.2 693 No
Public Transportation 8,695 5.6 8,999 5.2 410 7,893 4.4 1,499 No
Walked 13,952 9.0 12,305 7.1 475 8,893 5.0 1,533 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,576 2.9 4,800 2.8 302 6,113 3.4 1,204 Yes
Worked at home 2,844 1.8 3,675 2.1 265 3,999 2.2 869 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 152,613 100.0 170,665 100.0 773 174,461 100.0 6,269 No
Less than 10 minutes 21,387 14.0 21,200 12.4 609 19,127 11.0 2,223 No
10 to 14 27,586 18.1 29,145 17.1 699 25,459 14.6 2,675 Yes
15 to 19 31,479 20.6 32,365 19.0 730 30,896 17.7 2,804 No
20 to 24 27,827 18.2 30,370 17.8 711 31,635 18.1 2,748 No
25 to 29 10,028 6.6 13,420 7.9 495 14,621 8.4 1,763 No
30 to 34 16,459 10.8 18,680 10.9 576 23,190 13.3 2,192 Yes
35 to 44 6,570 4.3 8,950 5.2 409 10,355 5.9 1,264 Yes
45 to 59 5,986 3.9 8,530 5.0 399 10,460 6.0 1,628 Yes
60 or more 5,291 3.5 8,000 4.7 387 8,718 5.0 1,087 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.2 (X) 22.6 (X) NA 23.2 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 152,613 100.0 170,665 100.0 773 174,461 100.0 6,269 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,136 3.4 6,950 4.1 362 7,270 4.2 1,399 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,169 4.0 7,595 4.5 378 9,635 5.5 1,740 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 15,877 10.4 16,640 9.8 546 19,711 11.3 2,201 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 22,924 15.0 22,025 12.9 619 22,509 12.9 2,864 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 31,332 20.5 32,860 19.3 734 30,078 17.2 2,392 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,502 13.4 25,115 14.7 656 25,082 14.4 2,568 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 9,525 6.2 9,660 5.7 424 13,789 7.9 1,685 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 38,839 25.4 44,405 26.0 825 42,935 24.6 3,132 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,309 1.5 3,560 2.1 261 3,452 2.0 1,063 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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