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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Bloomington city, Indiana

Download an Excel file* of this document: bloomington_city_indiana.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 60,633 69,291 x x
Total Persons in Household 46,008 55,286 55,406 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 26,745 33,338 25,493 2,462
Total Workers, Place of Work 46,872 53,255 45,177 2,857
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.75 1.60 1.77 0.18

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 46,872 100.0 53,255 100.0 NA 45,177 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 33,044 70.5 38,840 72.9 0.9 34,846 77.1 3.1 Yes
2-person carpool 4,952 10.6 5,335 10.0 0.6 4,055 9.0 2.3 No
3-person carpool 713 1.5 515 1.0 0.2 458 1.0 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 404 0.9 290 0.5 0.2 127 0.3 0.3 No
Public Transportation 1,003 2.1 970 1.8 0.3 636 1.4 1.0 No
Walked 5,061 10.8 4,885 9.2 0.6 2,445 5.4 1.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,033 2.2 1,305 2.5 0.3 1,844 4.1 1.8 No
Worked at home 662 1.4 1,110 2.1 0.3 766 1.7 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 46,210 100.0 52,145 100.0 NA 44,411 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,804 21.2 10,685 20.5 0.8 6,927 15.6 3.3 Yes
10 to 14 10,820 23.4 12,335 23.7 0.9 12,249 27.6 3.9 No
15 to 19 9,486 20.5 10,215 19.6 0.8 7,966 17.9 2.2 No
20 to 24 5,415 11.7 6,025 11.6 0.7 6,456 14.5 3.6 No
25 to 29 2,160 4.7 2,100 4.0 0.4 1,502 3.4 1.5 No
30 to 34 3,732 8.1 4,380 8.4 0.6 3,804 8.6 2.4 No
35 to 44 1,433 3.1 1,905 3.7 0.4 1,198 2.7 1.3 No
45 to 59 1,925 4.2 2,330 4.5 0.4 2,189 4.9 1.5 No
60 or more 1,435 3.1 2,170 4.2 0.4 2,120 4.8 1.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.0 (X) 19.3 (X) NA 20.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 46,210 100.0 52,145 100.0 NA 44,411 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,392 3.0 1,805 3.5 0.4 1,413 3.2 1.1 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,445 3.1 2,155 4.1 0.4 2,109 4.7 1.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,421 7.4 3,610 6.9 0.5 3,236 7.3 1.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,917 10.6 4,595 8.8 0.6 4,398 9.9 2.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,604 16.5 8,530 16.4 0.8 8,158 18.4 3.0 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,462 14.0 6,785 13.0 0.7 7,010 15.8 2.7 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,195 6.9 4,345 8.3 0.6 3,352 7.5 1.7 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,016 36.8 19,940 38.2 1.0 14,327 32.3 3.6 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 758 1.6 805 1.5 0.3 408 0.9 0.6 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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