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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska


Download an Excel file* of this document: matanuska_susitna_borough_alaska.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 39,683 59,322 x x
Total Persons in Household 39,167 58,337 75,001 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 15,570 24,649 33,395 1,533
Total Workers, Place of Work 9,983 16,670 21,798 1,635
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.64 0.68 0.65 0.10

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 9,983 100.0 16,670 100.0 403 21,798 100.0 1,635 Yes
Drove alone 7,346 73.6 12,100 72.6 361 16,499 75.7 1,469 Yes
2-person carpool 981 9.8 1,630 9.8 146 2,537 11.6 642 Yes
3-person carpool 111 1.1 385 2.3 72 471 2.2 437 No
4-or-more-person carpool 50 0.5 95 0.6 36 181 0.8 191 No
Public Transportation 19 0.2 120 0.7 40 50 0.2 86 No
Walked 325 3.3 520 3.1 84 673 3.1 358 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 339 3.4 275 1.6 61 329 1.5 196 No
Worked at home 812 8.1 1,545 9.3 143 1,058 4.9 414 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 9,171 100.0 15,125 100.0 390 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 2,556 27.9 3,090 20.4 199 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 1,929 21.0 2,830 18.7 191 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 1,695 18.5 2,725 18.0 188 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 1,134 12.4 1,970 13.0 161 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 274 3.0 735 4.9 99 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 682 7.4 1,425 9.4 137 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 156 1.7 540 3.6 85 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 237 2.6 690 4.6 96 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 508 5.5 1,115 7.4 122 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.4 (X) 22.8 (X) NA 18.8 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 9,171 100.0 15,125 100.0 390 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 313 3.4 440 2.9 77 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 397 4.3 515 3.4 83 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 722 7.9 990 6.5 115 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 968 10.6 1,650 10.9 147 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 1,581 17.2 2,935 19.4 194 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 1,542 16.8 1,920 12.7 159 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 784 8.5 1,400 9.3 136 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 2,717 29.6 4,955 32.8 248 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 147 1.6 335 2.2 67 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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