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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Allegan County, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: allegan_county_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 90,509 105,665 x x
Total Persons in Household 89,112 103,748 111,257 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 41,038 51,192 55,031 1,595
Total Workers, Place of Work 30,060 44,780 42,243 2,651
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.73 0.87 0.77 0.07

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 30,060 100.0 44,780 100.0 NA 42,243 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 23,915 79.6 36,665 81.9 0.7 34,065 80.6 2.0 No
2-person carpool 2,734 9.1 3,665 8.2 0.5 4,535 10.7 2.7 No
3-person carpool 436 1.5 625 1.4 0.2 320 0.8 0.6 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 334 1.1 320 0.7 0.1 220 0.5 0.4 No
Public Transportation 68 0.2 225 0.5 0.1 104 0.2 0.3 No
Walked 822 2.7 855 1.9 0.2 803 1.9 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 199 0.7 325 0.7 0.1 657 1.6 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,552 5.2 2,100 4.7 0.4 1,539 3.6 0.9 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 28,508 100.0 42,680 100.0 NA 40,704 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,721 27.1 8,580 20.1 0.7 6,990 17.2 3.0 No
10 to 14 5,664 19.9 7,005 16.4 0.7 7,971 19.6 2.5 Yes
15 to 19 4,618 16.2 7,375 17.3 0.7 6,987 17.2 2.8 No
20 to 24 3,761 13.2 6,125 14.4 0.6 6,616 16.3 3.1 No
25 to 29 1,532 5.4 2,770 6.5 0.4 2,871 7.1 1.9 No
30 to 34 2,336 8.2 4,450 10.4 0.5 3,842 9.4 2.3 No
35 to 44 942 3.3 2,275 5.3 0.4 2,158 5.3 2.3 No
45 to 59 1,012 3.5 2,365 5.5 0.4 1,961 4.8 1.5 No
60 or more 922 3.2 1,735 4.1 0.4 1,308 3.2 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.6 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 19.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 28,508 100.0 42,680 100.0 NA 40,704 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,674 5.9 3,170 7.4 0.5 3,380 8.3 2.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,773 6.2 2,790 6.5 0.4 2,807 6.9 1.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,488 15.7 5,925 13.9 0.6 5,422 13.3 2.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,015 10.6 4,825 11.3 0.6 4,577 11.2 2.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,678 16.4 6,475 15.2 0.6 6,181 15.2 1.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 2,967 10.4 4,195 9.8 0.5 2,683 6.6 1.6 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,409 4.9 1,740 4.1 0.4 2,218 5.4 1.5 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 7,940 27.9 11,560 27.1 0.8 11,820 29.0 3.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 564 2.0 1,660 3.9 0.3 1,616 4.0 1.3 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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