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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Black Hawk County, Iowa

Download an Excel file* of this document: black_hawk_county_iowa.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 123,798 128,012 x x
Total Persons in Household 117,591 121,535 120,313 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 55,582 62,897 60,252 1,965
Total Workers, Place of Work 61,749 70,895 70,119 2,815
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.11 1.13 1.16 0.08

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 61,749 100.0 70,895 100.0 NA 70,119 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 50,095 81.1 59,150 83.4 0.5 59,201 84.4 1.9 No
2-person carpool 4,353 7.0 5,180 7.3 0.4 6,073 8.7 1.6 No
3-person carpool 524 0.8 645 0.9 0.1 336 0.5 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 384 0.6 340 0.5 0.1 803 1.1 0.6 Yes
Public Transportation 434 0.7 435 0.6 0.1 96 0.1 0.2 Yes
Walked 3,390 5.5 2,735 3.9 0.3 1,420 2.0 0.9 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 531 0.9 570 0.8 0.1 987 1.4 0.8 No
Worked at home 2,038 3.3 1,835 2.6 0.2 1,203 1.7 0.7 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 59,711 100.0 69,060 100.0 NA 68,916 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,948 23.4 15,105 21.9 0.6 13,072 19.0 2.1 Yes
10 to 14 13,587 22.8 16,700 24.2 0.6 15,968 23.2 2.3 No
15 to 19 12,190 20.4 14,235 20.6 0.6 15,750 22.9 2.1 Yes
20 to 24 8,534 14.3 9,135 13.2 0.5 9,286 13.5 1.9 No
25 to 29 2,660 4.5 3,140 4.5 0.3 3,561 5.2 1.0 No
30 to 34 4,057 6.8 4,705 6.8 0.4 4,313 6.3 1.0 No
35 to 44 1,604 2.7 1,980 2.9 0.2 2,561 3.7 0.9 No
45 to 59 1,489 2.5 1,965 2.8 0.2 2,467 3.6 0.9 No
60 or more 1,642 2.7 2,100 3.0 0.2 1,938 2.8 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.9 (X) 17.8 (X) NA 18.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 59,711 100.0 69,060 100.0 NA 68,916 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,985 6.7 5,830 8.4 0.4 6,001 8.7 1.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,473 7.5 3,955 5.7 0.3 3,552 5.2 0.9 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,504 12.6 7,440 10.8 0.4 9,857 14.3 1.9 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,966 11.7 7,745 11.2 0.4 8,811 12.8 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,633 16.1 11,920 17.3 0.5 9,914 14.4 1.9 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,497 10.9 7,685 11.1 0.4 6,250 9.1 1.6 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,171 5.3 3,235 4.7 0.3 3,329 4.8 1.0 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,446 27.5 19,015 27.5 0.6 19,836 28.8 2.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,036 1.7 2,125 3.1 0.2 1,366 2.0 0.7 Yes

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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