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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Michigan


Download an Excel file* of this document: michigan.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 9,295,297 9,938,444 x x
Total Persons in Household 9,083,605 9,688,555 9,865,583 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 4,082,403 4,540,372 4,398,500 19,331
Total Workers, Place of Work 4,052,880 4,512,080 4,358,915 19,377
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.01

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 4,052,880 100.0 4,512,080 100.0 5,773 4,358,915 100.0 19,377 Yes
Drove alone 3,303,377 81.5 3,751,510 83.1 5,621 3,673,648 84.3 19,357 Yes
2-person carpool 356,759 8.8 355,675 7.9 2,154 306,438 7.0 9,560 Yes
3-person carpool 45,077 1.1 52,840 1.2 843 45,655 1.0 3,340 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 23,789 0.6 28,645 0.6 622 25,737 0.6 2,843 No
Public Transportation 62,632 1.5 55,865 1.2 867 49,186 1.1 4,469 Yes
Walked 124,150 3.1 100,970 2.2 1,163 77,791 1.8 3,817 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 36,640 0.9 38,810 0.9 723 43,681 1.0 3,095 Yes
Worked at home 100,456 2.5 127,765 2.8 1,306 136,779 3.1 5,919 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 3,952,424 100.0 4,384,315 100.0 5,758 4,222,136 100.0 19,687 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 673,049 17.0 664,245 15.2 2,896 645,254 15.3 11,716 Yes
10 to 14 653,491 16.5 679,650 15.5 2,927 633,175 15.0 11,723 Yes
15 to 19 683,861 17.3 704,065 16.1 2,975 669,462 15.9 13,329 Yes
20 to 24 619,485 15.7 668,940 15.3 2,905 643,522 15.2 12,532 Yes
25 to 29 251,975 6.4 288,575 6.6 1,947 287,871 6.8 10,929 No
30 to 34 470,311 11.9 541,690 12.4 2,632 516,897 12.2 11,902 Yes
35 to 44 211,196 5.3 271,610 6.2 1,891 284,961 6.7 8,296 Yes
45 to 59 223,413 5.7 302,625 6.9 1,992 303,418 7.2 8,872 No
60 or more 165,643 4.2 262,920 6.0 1,861 237,576 5.6 7,291 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.2 (X) 24.1 (X) NA 22.8 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 3,952,424 100.0 4,384,315 100.0 5,758 4,222,136 100.0 19,687 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 215,185 5.4 265,010 6.0 1,868 270,366 6.4 8,647 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 203,787 5.2 228,870 5.2 1,739 231,911 5.5 7,128 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 422,501 10.7 430,455 9.8 2,360 423,794 10.0 8,431 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 431,330 10.9 484,780 11.1 2,498 475,884 11.3 10,895 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 661,083 16.7 729,145 16.6 3,024 644,936 15.3 12,607 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 517,617 13.1 556,880 12.7 2,667 511,981 12.1 9,897 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 307,882 7.8 282,575 6.4 1,927 326,496 7.7 8,021 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 1,114,473 28.2 1,237,685 28.2 3,829 1,218,401 28.9 20,230 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 78,566 2.0 119,625 2.7 1,265 118,367 2.8 6,058 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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